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Presidents decision to take action against isis a year ago. as a result of that, he wanted to project that there was going to be an effective ground force against isis knowing air power would never be able to defeat isis by themselves. thats why they put themselves in this box they couldnt get out of and the programs failed for the reasons we stated. martha: if you put it in those terms. if you are a family living in syria and assad has been dropping barrel bombs on you and your neighbors, the p...

There in syria, even providing rocket launchers. this is what u.s. intelligence officials -- what are you hearing from the russian officials there. are they confirming this? >> no, theyre not. theyre categorically denying that. theyre certainly denying what u.s. officials, the pentagon are briefing on, which is that russia is building up its forces in preparation to take part in a ground offensive. there could well be a ground offensive in the future but they will be providing ground force carri...

Soon iranian forces. they have an effective ground force operation where they can use that russia air power effectively and we are on the other hand absent the kurdish areas where we have significant strikes. we are just out there plinking vehicles and taking out bulldozers and things like that and an oil location because that kind of infrastructure is easy to attack. once you put a ground force in now you come up against your adversaris and they have to densify to protect themselves from the gr...

>> yes. shiites and russians. shiites and russian. syrian alawite army. >> which is a branch. >> yeah. and youve got hezbollah. so youve got a ground force. now an air force. >> what do you want the u.s. to do about it? >> well, i wanted to get a ground force of regional like saudi arabia, egypt, turkey, jordan. >> we had four years to do that. hasnt exactly happened. >> no, but thats what i suggested we go on the ground. youre not going to destroy isil from the air and theyre not going to destr...

Doing logistical oversight. so what you have is this vacuum where there are u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. but they arent doing the job day in and day out that needs to be done which is training the afghan soldiers, making sure they are prepared and equipped to take on the taliban field. until that happens you will see airstrikes are on so effective unless you have a credible ground force and right now afghanistan doesnt have that, bill. patti ann: days after pope francis left the u.s., a lawyer ...

Why cant we get this right? >> well, firstly, theres a tacet understanding that military air strikes wont achieve what the military needs to achieve in syria alone. theres acquiesce eacross the ground. how the u.s. is involved is the question. special forces capabilities. j-tac, guiding the missiles and the bombs in, whether its advisers or more of a conventional presence on the ground. so thats the first thing. division 30 is what this programs all about and it was about training, assisting and...

Got involved, they need to fight isis. again, isis, according to most national security people you talk to in the united states and elsewhere, will not be defeated without a ground force. will not. >> well have more of the interview with president el sisi coming up later today on cnn account at 1:00 p.m. you have more of your interview with president rouhani. coming up, president obama set to take the stage in a few moments at the united nations general assembly on this, the seventh time aroun...

Destroy isil but here is what im going to tell you, what were doing is not working and i have a plan to do it. if im president of the united states, well send more ground forces into iraq because we have to. president obama made a huge mistake believing too soon against sound military advice to every candidate tonight, are you willing to commit before the american people that you will destroy isil and you understand we need a ground force to do it? are you willing, jake? please ask everybody. wi...

Level at this stage we would have president perry and president juliani. i want to convince you im best qualified to be commander in chief for the 1% doing the fighting for the rest of us and well have a serious discussion tonight. all of us will say we want to destroy isil but here is what im going to tell you, what were doing is not working and i have a plan to do it. if im president of the united states, well send more ground forces into iraq because we have to. president obama made a huge mi...

Naval infantry is. theres five or six ships off the coast. theyre not going to get too much involved in this. thats demonstrating russias resolve and theyre serious about this. if this is the beginning of a much larger ground force buildup, that remains to be seen. i think this is mostly about the use of air power and some advisors to help the syrians. >> weve heard about drones and those kinds of things. president obama as you saw in jennifer griffins story said, quote, doubling down on assad i...