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The question is whether our government the people running the war have any idea what theyre doing. >> the commander in chief doesnt have any idea what hes doing. but the american people know what needs to be done. the american people want to send ground forces to iraq right now to fight isis. there was a poll in march that said 36% of americans want to send ground force to iraq including 73% of republicans and 53% of democrats, a majority of democrats think we need ground forces. theres absolute...

There are no land mines in the united states. morgan county alabama with a population of 100,000, they have two. they dont need this type of equipment to do good policing. good prising requires commune conversations and taking criminals off the streets. none of those includes tear gassing americans. this is not a war zone. ramadi is a war zone. >> you look at the equipment theyre prohibiting, with its like the m raps that hes referring to bay nets grenade launchers. do the cops really need all o...

Weapons down. its a serious problem because were not there with them. >> and all eyes are on baghdad as a city fall to isis. this was an important one and a an important one to get back. pete thank you. >> thank you, megan. >> joining me with more mark who just penned a washington post column. mark thank you for being here. the wag post out with an editorial from the paper calling this a stunning fall in ramadi saying it exposes president obamas weak strategy saying the u.s. lack as strategy goi...

Pete we show that video. of course not to be sensational sensationalist about the loss of american lives but to remind the audience of the blood and treasure that was left on the streets of that city. and for what? now that its back in the hands of these terrorists. >> you know to the veterans of ramadi and anbar province i salute you. to the 238 men who gave their lives in that soil we will never ever forget you. and for the policymakers in that administration who forsake that and threw that un...

Were on the march in iraq. they took ramadi over the weekend. on the outskirts of baghdad. 80 miles away. our strategy in iraq is failing despite months of american bombing. the terrorists are on the offensive. this is and unmitigated failure. what the american people want to hear from their presidential candidates and the president of the united states is what are you going to do about it today? >> as a person who asked jeb bush that question both are relevant. people want to know what the phil...

Major blow to everyone who gave so much. who turned that country around. ramadi is where the anbar awakening started. ramadi was pacified in 2008 2009 2010. it didnt needs american troops to remain secure. but when we didnt sign the agreement and president obama and hillary clinton supported a policy of retreat in iraq it slid in the wrong direction. i thank everyone who served and gave so much but the policies of the administration unfortunately have undercut it. >> we were just told on friday ...

Our presence is limited to training on bases. our pinprick air strikes are not having the effect that we want. this is not as if ramadi was a secondary effort. this was isiss main effort to retake and theyve been going after it for over a year. iraqi sent reinforcements. we sent air support in the air to try to pull back to siege. they were determined and theyve seized it. and for whatever reason the white house dont want to admit that this caliphate is continuing to respond in iraq and syria an...