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It gives them, again, this aura of success and this sense of invincibility. the success is playing into their hands. what isis wants in europe, they actually want to polarize and fragment the muslim and non-muslim communities. they want the muslims to appeal to their sense of alienation that takes place. so theyre playing right into isis hands. >> always good seeing you. >> good talking to you, neil. a couple of weeks in realtime. thats how much congress has left before it adjourns for the hol...

Terrorist attacks and to control people, and you take away its aura of invincibility. thats what it has. it stood up to the united states for a year and a half and that makes a huge impression on people. >> and finally, ambassador, let me ask you about the front page story in "the new york times," questions about the possible changing of intelligence reports to give a more positive spin, that the u.s. was actually gaining more ground in the fight against isis than it really was. do you think its...

Its so hallucinogenic, it can make a user hear voices and see things that arent there. that can hurt you on the battlefield. >> absolutely. i think they have made the decision that keeping these guys awake for four or five days at a time and giving them the sense of invincibility is worth whatever harm or effects the drugs have. >> reporter: whatever sense of euphoria it might produce, the doctor says there are horrible downsides. users, he says, can become psychotic, brain damaged, and of cours...

>> reporter: psychologist robert kiesli kiesling, whos treated thousands of addicts, says captagon is so hallucinogenic, it can make a user hear voices and see things that arent there. >> that can hurt you on the battlefield? >> absolutely. but i think theyve made the decision that keeping these guys awake for three or four days at a time and giving them a sense of invincibility is worth whatever harm or side effects the drug has. >> reporter: but whatever sense of euphoria and invincibility the...

That is also their vulnerability. this is a physical military thing to take that territory away from them. they beginning to away when you take the territory away. right now 17 months after mosul when they seized it, 17 months from that date and they are convincing the world, theyre standing up to the united states and a huge military coalition. in fact, its considerably less than what the rhetoric would suggest, but it gives them a degree of invincibility. it gives them a sense that there is a ...

And if they are now able to be targeted by name in raqqah, which is the isis stronghold, that does penetrate their air of invincibility to a degree. but the fact that he was killed, apparently in an air strike, will also, in the eyes of isis supporters, make him a martyr, and there will be others lining up to take his place. so, it is a blow to the group, it is a blow to their pr machine, but it is not the kind of thing that is likely to do much organizational damage to them. >> obviously, as yo...

Theyll hurt him and the general election. he has to figure out, hes in trouble and even if its not big trouble, he can rise above it. thats what he haas to do. you cant just give into it again. >> this stuff hasnt hurt him yet, john. >> no, it hasnt. but i think the questionve had about trump is long is he going to stay in this race sand he only going to stay in it as long as he feels really good? if he loses a caucus or primary is that going to be the moment where he says "ive had enough of thi...

Theyll hurt him and the general election. he has to figure out, hes in trouble and even if its not big trouble, he can rise above it. thats what he haas to do. you cant just give into it again. >> this stuff hasnt hurt him yet, john. >> no, it hasnt. but i think the questionve had about trump is long is he going to stay in this race sand he only going to stay in it as long as he feels really good? if he loses a caucus or primary is that going to be the moment where he says "ive had enough of thi...

Had about frump is how long is he going to stay in the race and is he only going to stay in it as long as he feels really good? if he loses a caucus or primary is that going to be the moment where he says "ive had enough of this"? its unusual at a time when hes still leading national polls, still leading in new hampshire, still leading in south carolina he would be so unnerved by simply falling behind in a poll in iowa. so it has to raise questions about how long he wants to do this. >> jennifer...

Old-fashioned way. that means going out, hitting the ground, being accessible answering the questions. if she does that that air of invincibility and that heir probably gets dropped a bit. and you get to know and see the real hillary clinton. i think thats what she really has to have come through. not just in the next few days but quite frankly over the next many months. >> will president obama fully embrace the clinton campaign? >> look i think theyre very close. i think this is a process thats...