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Corruption which is rife throughout this part of the world. therefore, until those problems are addressed, you will always have those who go to the extreme, to the most fanatical solutions that might be out there and thats what isis represents. there are, for instance, young egyptians who took part in the revolution there in january of 2011, had hopes in that resolution, became disillusioned and joined isis and moved to syria or iraq. so unless that situation is changed, im afraid that we may no...

Now, theres no guarantee all of this is going to hold together but any objective observer would have to say that isis and the ideology it reflects is growing and expanding and we are not effectively dealing with it. >> real quickly, before i let you go my question is not to indicate in any -- or suggest in any way that we live under some sort of singular christian faith in america but we do have some signs here like, in god we trust on our money and pledge of allegiance which, at last check, the...

192 men between june 11 and 14. >> reporter: the same brutality is also instilling hatred in the people they presume to rule. >> joining me now molly crabapple columnist for "vice" who just returned to a trip to the border. isis really gained strength in the syrian civil war. you were reporting on some fighters who are both fighting bashar al assad but also fighting isis. who are they? >> i crossed the syrian border 11 days ago to visit the border town where i met with front fighters. these men ...

Dictator that started killing his own people and you had the makings of a moderate opposition that still exists and that we still work with. i think that one of the things that the american people, at least, understand is that these societies are going through these enormous transformations and what we can do is work with the best impulses there. folks who understand moderation, tolerance are trying to deliver for their people. we are going to have to deal with some of the worst impulses there. ...

Changes in society generally and economic pressures, you know, there is going to be this long difficult transition moving to a different kind of society in the middle east, and what we can do is work with the best impulses there. folks who understand moderation and tolerance trying to deliver for their people. we have to deal with the worst impulses there. the extremists that isis represents. what we are not able to do is play whackmo where they occupy those countries long periods of time and th...

These societies are going through these enormous transformations. and what we can do is work with the best impulses there. folks that understand moderation, tolerance or trying to deliver for their people. the extremism that isis represents. what were not going to do is chase wherever extremists appear, occupy those countries for long periods of time and think somehow were going to solve those problems. >> at times, doesnt seem like anythings gone right in this region from the administration. fr...

To ignore it or turn the other way. really its not an option. we dont want to see another attack on the american homeland. >> the wall street journal front page. in an interview with morning joe the president talked about the difficulty. the challenges in respond together fast moving challenges in the middle east. lets listen to that. >> were going have to deal with some of the worst impulses there. the extremism that isis represents. what were not going to be able to do is play whack a mole and...

>> i think that one of the things the american people at least understand is that these societies are going through these enormous transformations. what we can do is work with the best impulses there, folks who understand moderation, tolerance, are trying to deliver for their people. were going to have to deal with some of the worst impulses there, the extremism that isis represents. what were not going to be able to do is play whack a mole and chase wherever extremists appear, occupy those coun...

Forces. >> can i ask you what happened 12 years ago when you interviewed john walker lindh? he was a different breed from what isis represents. what drives someone to lead a relatively comfortable life to go fight and as youre indicating theyll likely die in a foreign war? >> ive been with many jihadi groups. ive been with at least three u.s. jihadis that went over to fight. they go over to fight and die. john walker lindh was trained up by al qaeda. he sat at the foot of bin laden. his goal was...

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