if you judge success by, have you solved the problem, is there nobody threatening the united states, then you ll always say that we ve failed in our policy. but we were able to roll back isis when it was threatening baghdad, when it was threatening the mosul dam, when it was threatening the haditha dam. this is a problem that s being managed with very limited american casualties. you compare that to some attempt to put 100,000, 200,000 troops on the ground, that would be the failure. do you worry, though certainly that is something that americans are not in favor of right now, boots on the ground. but we just heard from our cnn terrorism analysis, paul cruickshank, said that isis is capable of launching a major terrorist attack on u.s. soil. it s just a matter of time. are you concerned that we are that vulnerable?
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side that you have the militias defending baghdad at this point. are you seeing any other positive signs they re doing better this week than when were when isis forces marched through cities in the north? absolutely. over second, sierk security forces started to move back to tikrit to try background and they did so. they re also they ve retaken the baaji-refinery and they still old the haditha dam. they are making gains. i want to play sounds everybody david petraeus, someone intensely familiar where iraq. he was also the cia director. he said he saw this coming. this what is what he said an the aspen ideas festival. i think people who have watched this closely and i ve been one of them have seen this coming. quite a good campaign they ve been conducting reconnaissance. what really took place, as well
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falling to the isis militants. the current assessment? the iraqi military will keep control and isis won t risk all-out war. but there is growing worry about the strength of iraqi forces across the country. what we really need to see is the army get back on its feet we have folks there trying to help these elite forces do that and retake territory but the situation on the ground is very serious. reporter: iraq s massive haditha dam northwest of baghdad may be the most critical target to protect. isis and iraqi units are battling for control of the largest hydroelectric plant in western iraq. the local police chief told cnn government forces are so far holding on to control, but u.s. intelligence is watching closely. if isis seizes the dam, water and power for millions of iraqis is in jeopardy and there s risk of flooding millions of acres.
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