rest of isis, for the complexion of the terrorist group today? makes big difference when an organization is winning, people remember , there are people, you know, all across europe in the uk and germany, et cetera, going, making their way to fight because it was perceived that isis was winning and, indeed, they were winning, rapidly shoot up big parts of syria in iraq, the flip side of that that we have orchestrated now losing, that has an effect not just on the battlefield but ideological appeal of jihadist groups, not just isis but al-qaeda and a bunch of others around the world, we are not just winning warfare and we have made a lot of progress. maria: christian, stay with us, christian witten, somebody must be watching, we will be right back.
to say we are concerned with the situation unfolding in northern syria is an understatement. we believe it would be very beneficial for congress and the administration to hear directly from the leadership of the fds. the situation on the ground and the fight against isis. therefore should the general who was responsible for everyday operations request to visit the united states, we should expedite his visa. here s what the general said and a tweet. general, we thank president trump for his tireless efforts to stop the attack and the jihadist groups. in april they told the new yorker about the dangerous and there are far from over. isis has sleeper agents, thousands and frankly our job has just started. we are fighting the great battle and then we will fight a different kind of war. a senior administration official said today that his forces still hold the vast majority of the fighters and the president says
say you don t need to size. very that increasing tensions because actually you do have members of each community living in the cities all right my last 20 they re all calls in the country some people say that the government needs to talk to the jihadists and that s something that as far as i understand the government has been reluctant to do i think the idea of talking to terrorists doesn t quite appeal to them but some people are calling for that and what that helps to sit at a table with these jihadists where the international crisis group is among people calling for such a dynamic we have the jihadist groups we have released a report recently on this issue especially focusing on central monies we believe that this kind of dialogue is going to be extremely difficult for a number of reasons one being that both sides are right no. you know for to post to the idea of dynamos but we have also documented instances in which luckily
say you know me their size like. mary that increasing tensions because actually you do of members of each community living in the cities all right my last one seeing their all calls in the country some people say that the government needs to talk to the jihadists and that s something that as far as i understand the government has been reluctant to do i think the idea of talking to terrorists doesn t quite appeal to them but some people are calling for that and what that helps to sit at a table with these jihadists where the international crisis group is among people calling for such a dialogue we have in fact the jihadist groups we have released a report recently on this issue especially focusing on central money we believe that this kind of dialogue is going to be extremely difficult for a number of reasons one being that both sides are right no. you know for to post to the idea of dynamos but we have also documented instances in which luckily
i think it s just a political statement. i think every single terrorism expert who has looked at this issue can categorically say that isis has not been defeated, nor, for that matter, has al qaeda. al qaeda has a major presence in syria as well. it s not just the isis component of it, the u.s. is now walking away which has the largest al qaeda presence anywhere in the world. so two major jihadist groups, one which was involved in the 9/11 attack, before isis walks away. i spoke with the leader of afghanistan. he said, i spent a lot of time fighting in iraq and afghanistan. i don t want to replay this movie here. he s talking about afghanistan, but is that movie about to replay there? i think it is about to replay there. the one question is how much are