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So now theres this question of what this does to isis whole propaganda message, right? people are angry when theyre asked to sacrifice a lot on your promises. but one thing when youre promising them jobs or election win or the return you get in a ponzi scheme. another thing if you literally promise them the world, the end of the world and you go to the good place and everybody else burns, if thats what youre promising and then you cant deliver? if this were not election season in the united stat...

Still going to happen, theyre still promising it will kick off the end of the world when that battle happens but this just wasnt it yet. hmm, minor setback, but we promise dabiq will still be really important some day. so now theres this question of what this does to isis whole propaganda message, right? people are angry when theyre asked to sacrifice a lot on your promises. but one thing when youre promising them jobs or election win or the return you get in a ponzi scheme. another thing if you...

Wasnt it yet. hmm, minor setback, but we promise dabiq will still be really important some day. so now theres this question of what this does to isis whole propaganda message, right? people are angry when theyre asked to sacrifice a lot on your promises. but one thing when youre promising them jobs or election win or the return you get in a ponzi scheme. another thing if you literally promise them the world, the end of the world and you go to the good place and everybody else burns, if thats wha...

Be the path to isis becoming extinct. >> certainly from a strategic point of view, it is important. because it is the commanding city in northern iraq. the second largest in the country. its near the syrian border. its near the turkish border. it is iraqs most ethnically diverse city. symbolically, of course, it is the largest city that isis controls. it has a population -- or had a population in better times of up to about 2 million. now, however, many people have fled. what remains is somewher...

Police when i was in iraq. im sure thats still the case, especially in ramadi where a lot of policemen were killed in the initial doonslaught of isis. not only police to provide security but turning on electricity, water, getting the government working again. theyre ready to do that but its still going to take a little bit of time. >> i wonder if that will change from americans think about this. look at this poll obviously taken before this, 18% of americans say we are winning the war on terrori...

Isis controls, that territory, i believe must be retaken by mostly sunni arabs. and we have. >> its not easy to get those people -- >> -- no it is not. >> equip them and train them -- >> -- yeah, but bill, okay. >> its doable but not easy. on that note. >> its not easy but by the way its worse when we are helping iran, their arch enemy and because we have helped iran, they dont trust us right now. >> now tonight in south carolina, donald trump said this about all muslims. roll it. >> donald j. t...

Isis controls, that territory, i believe, must be retaken by mostly sunni arabs. and we have. >> its not easy to get those people -- >> -- no it is not. >> equip them and train them -- >> -- yeah, but bill, okay. >> its doable but not easy. on that note. >> its not easy but by the way its worse when we are helping iran, their arch enemy and because we have helped iran, they dont trust us right now. >> now, tonight in south carolina, donald trump said this about all muslims. roll it. >> donald ...

Belgium. why is that short span so difficult to control? were told that the turks have closed down two border sort of crossing locations and they see that as a positive sign but theres more work to do. the president put pressure on erdogan being the president of turkey to try to deal with that. that area is still very important. in terms of some of the other issues that are coming out, the diplomatic track, of course, remains important, but i think what officials wanted us to know is they believ...

Of consensus? >> reporter: well, we talked to ben rhodes about that comment, and it is true according to the united states that isis has been pushed back territorially, but they also admit they have not been able to decapitate, to use their words, the command and control center which is somewhere in syria or in northern iraq, the areas isis controls, and the question is still whether these attacks that happened in paris and the attacks that happened in beirut and the downing of the russian airli...

Line. >> theyre certainly not going to attack anybody. >> this area in northern syria is now the focus of u.s. militariage. >> u.s. air strikes expected to increasely found isis targets. if the u.s. and turks can shut down this area, they hope to stop the flow of isis fighters into syria, and keep them off this route, straight into raqqa, the center of isis controls. >> i dont think its possible to shut that border down by air strikes. you are not going to do permanent damage to groups like isis...