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Back into the political fold? >> i think there was an opportunity which was missed, really, in 2010 when as soon as qatar formed with other shias the iraqi bloc and picked up shia leader to lead them and attended that they were the winners and the elections of 2010. but unfortunately, the attitude of the united states and the issue of iran was rejecting the winner to form the government. >> do you see a proxy war going on at the moment? the iranians on the other. the saudis on the other who have...

Sunnis back into the fold. three things have happened since 2010. how did we get there should be the question. al qaeda in iraq, the predecessor to i.s.i.s., was on their back, about gone. syria blows up. they get reenforcements from syria into iraq. maliki withdrawals from the coalition, he becomes a sectarian leader, obamas administration completely hands off and we withdraw troops in 2011. thats the perfect storm. >> but whose fault was that? >> thats president obamas fault. >> why is that pr...

>> david? >> ive been hanging out in wisconsin and watching a pretty fascinating governors race on fold where its dead even between mary burke and scott walker, the governor who is an incredible survivor, one two races out there in a purple to blue state. hes now caught in this vice because of the ruling last week on gay marriage in wisconsin. in wisconsin, being against gay marriage is not going to help you, so hes tried to waffle and say his opinion isnt important. his attorney general is chal...

Military power, march towards jordan and lebanon. theyll use that space to attack us. if bagdad falls, if the central government falls, a disaster awaits us of monumental proportions. >> now, the question about the leadership there now, prime minister maliki, he is somebody who perhaps has not done all the things that the u.s. wanted them to do, which is i think an understatement. so is he the right man to lead iraq right now? >> no. stop the march on bagdad. form a new government. send petraeus...

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Symbolically giving the time and money and american blood and treasure the u.s. spent winning the war in iraq. i can tell you the president has said hell be reviewing these options in the coming days. any, will take several days to plan. it wont happen overnight. >> athena, thanks. lets bring in a former u.s. ambassador to iraq, christopher hill. good to have you with us this morning we heard from the president yesterday that what the u.s. does in some ways depends on what prime minister malak...

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>> because the syrian jihad there has has so exploded across the border between iraq and syria. >> exactly. and this iraq, iraq was -- took a part of this. and the iraqi governments and people to fight there. so its become more a clear picture for people that they want to get back. i think with the resistance thats happening in ramadi and fallujah since past last year until now, that also took place, and the failure of the iraqi government in terms of overcoming that, and led into what we have r...

They do not allow you the same ideology that they have. now, in recent months or in the past couple of years, they get more stronger in fighting in syria. >> because the syrian jihad there has has so exploded across the border between iraq and syria. >> exactly. and this iraq, iraq was -- took a part of this. and the iraqi governments and people to fight there. so its become more a clear picture for people that they want to get back. i think with the resistance thats happening in ramadi and fall...

Populations, but they could drag iraq into a confrontation. this is still a bit of a political crisis, but isis wants to confront the shia population of iraq in a full-on battle so it can turn around and recruit more shias across the world. this is something theyve been propagating for the last several years and they now want to fulfill that fight and try to pitch this fight as a fight between shias in iraq and iran, as well as the sunni arabs across the region. its been their m.o. for the past ...