Page 224 - Ground Force News Today

Her supporters and avoid a repeat of 2008 when she faced a third place loss to obama. sanders is assembling a ground force in iowa. this race is tightening at the right time for him. both candidates were asked about the polling on sunday. >> when you consider how far we have come over the last eight months, it is incredible. we started in national polls at 3%. i think most of the recent polls have us ahead in new hampshire. i think we are gaining steam here in iowa. i think we have an excellent ...

To have the boots on the ground force. >> i would expectal baghdad to say that after 15 months, 16 months of attacks. >> it would be an enormous victory by the iraqi security forces. the terror groups swept back in the country in 2015. no changes announced just yet as the hunt forral baghdadi continues. >> on to tol ticks now. the frontrunner ramps up between politics an donald trump taking aim at bill clinton days before he takes up with his wife on the campaign trail. >> this has been simmerin...

They certainly view this as a very positive development. heres what brett said a few hours ago, our air coalition is proud to support brave iraqi troops as they defight isil in ramadi. support will continue until all areas are liberated. ramadi is the area that youll recall earlier this year when secretary of defense ash carter questioned whether or not the iraqi security forces had the will to fight when they lost that city to isis. so the fact that these iraqi security forces were able to go b...

Government. thats how you get there. >> the military side of the united states trying to engage with the opposition seems like it has been sort of a disaster. is the diplomatic front in terms of trying to engage with the opposition any more likely to succeed? >> well, i think -- i mean, there have been big gains against isil in syria backing different factions. i think the train equip program its fair to say, asking syrians whove been, many of them barrel bombed, had their families destroyed, to...

Fact that you need a ground force to fight isil. you cant do this, as we know, from other theaters as well, from the air. and i think we do have more and more moderate opposition groups stepping up to say we want to fight -- >> youre seeing that proportion increase in terms of moderation on the opposition? >> im seeing -- what were seeing is more opposition groups coming forward, not wanting to leave the country for an elaborate train and equip program but saying were already fighting isil -- >>...

So now the approach on a military side, ill get to your diplomatic question, but is to work with those factions on the ground as best we can who are actually fighting isil, of whom there are many moderate opposition groups who are doing. and theres no workaround to the fact that you need a ground force to fight isil. you cant do this, as we know, from other theaters as well, from the air. and i think we do have more and more moderate opposition groups stepping up to say we want to fight -- >> yo...

How do we treat the iraqi government? do we treat it as a friend or foe at this point. its more than frustrating. its paralyzing. >> the thing is for all the criticism, you say exactly what would you do so differently? you watch the debate, and i dont see it. >> do you agree with that? >> well, the willingness of the american people to commit ground troops to the fight against isis is growing. you can see it in the polling. it doesnt mean that we ought to do it or do it yet, but i think thats th...

Not going to get the job done and military experts say, youve got to have a ground force of some substance and a foreign army can be mounted to do this. theres a flaw in the strategy. the efforts they have made so far have failed. it has to be done one way or the other or, as the president thinks, i think, i believe he thinks that this is really not that important. >> julie, weve only got a little bit of time left. why no-fly zone? why, in effect, let baghdad hold us hostage? for instance, there...

You say his voting record doesnt match his rhetoric. why? >> well, let me begin by saying we have to understand who isis is. isis is a radical sunni group. they cannot just be defeated through air strikes. air strikes are a key component, but they must be defeated on the ground by a ground force. and that ground force must be primarily made up of sunni arabs themselves. sunni arabs that confront them militarily. we will have to embed additional american special operators alongside them to help t...

Perception is that theyre winning. and president obama fuels that perception. that will change when militants across the globe see that when you join isis that you are giving up your life. you are signing your death warrant and we need a president who is focused on defeating every single isis terrorist and protecting the homeland which should be the first priority. >> thank you, senator. senator rubio. you have been critical of senator cruzs strategy. his voting record doesnt match his rhetoric....