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Just the opposite. eric: with the army for 33 years including service in iraq and afghanistan. general, first, thank you for your service. >> its a great country to serve, eric. thank you very much. eric: that, sir, it is. however, we have this situation. just heard the defense secretary say no one green lighted this operation. but thats not the impression that theyre reporting, they blame president trump for moving those 50 or so special ops away from the border and giving erdogan a green light...

Democrats to be a little smarter, the democratic challenges to be smarter next time and not spend all of their energy attacking barack obama because joe biden will waltz -- he will waltz to the nomination as long as attacking barack obama is their strategy. >> for many reasons. still ahead, while president trump has hailed a total defeat of isis, a new report blames the troop withdrawal for the resurgence. well talk to a correspondent for vice news who spent years covering the islamic state. >...

Last night. the job is in a clearing stage. u.s. military strikes made this job possible and there is a lot of gratitude from people on the ground about that. you see signs of us air power here everywhere. president trump told the u.s. military to take the gloves off to defeat isis. thats what they did. the result can be seen all around me. troops here are bringing the black flag of isis down. it no longer flies over this town. for a short time they can enjoy this moment. there is no sign of any...

But an ability to monitor, gather intelligence, listen to the fighters, ensure that the kurds who bore the brunt of this fighting are protected from turkey and allowed to continue to exist and ensure that isis cannot -- work with iraq and keep them logistically supplied and trained to keep a pulse on things that are going because it will only be to intelligence that we will conduct the precision strike necessary to keep isis down. >> are you concerned about the influence of russia and iran in th...

Confrontation or conflict with the united states. i think from our perspective, were going to focus on taking isis down. the pentagon has submitted plans for that. the president has approved the plans. well see the manifestation of that unfold in the next number of weeks. hes not going to tell us how or when hes doing it. it will unfold and the media will start reporting on it. in terms of the overall strategy object syria, lets be frank about it. theres nothing easy here. this is by and large a...

Way to accommodate him so there is not an artificial clash and thus bolster his regime. i think its complicated enough to bring isis down which i hope will happen sooner rather than later. the last thing we need to do to arrive at some kind of understanding that preserve assad in power and assad in lebanon. its fine to eliminate isis the sooner the better. but we have to look at in effect what the next conflict in the region is going to be. >> what is that conflict and how do we achieve the goal...

We need to speak well of americas majesty and the glorious lady liberty but if you miles from here because right now, we should not be turning our backs. we should be using immigration to complement the areas of our economy that are fledging or need support, it we should make sure we roll up and put isis down, no doubt, that is our job. >> jenna: i speak for our viewers that we appreciate both your thoughts in the conversation. it will continue, thank you michael, thank you, here is sean spicer....

Symbolic victory and a positive sign. its cautious optimism. isis wants the caliphate. they want to own that territory and lure in mesh american forces on the ground to fight us in the ground, on the battlefield. to show isis theyre not afraid, they will press on. with the help of advisers and air power, we can stymie the satellite line and the western front that isis partially controls. >> its very difficult, though, to pin isis down. they are very good at changing tactics and melting away, at ...

Holidays. we were wanting reassurance. where is it? as was mentioned earlier, the next thing well see is him eating an iceee while in hawaii for the holidays. >> part of the reassurance comes from an active military campaign to attempt to shut isis down, and also to disrupt recruiting and disrupt propaganda. he made a point of that. that propaganda, people feel threatened by a group that can recruit in the united states and do what happened in san bernardino. at the end of the day there were no ...

Assad, more complicatcomplicate. how do you harness military forces in the three or four different countries you need to get them on the ground working effectively together to actually shut isis down. its a very difficult task. its one the french are certainly in on now, but its one that needs an awful lot more cohesion to make happen as jim knows himself. erin? >> nick paton walsh. thank you very much. jim sciutto staying with me. i want to bring former cia operative back into the conversation....