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Trump to make the final call. this is the way that these operations go down. i think all of the pointing back and forth between civilian officials about a raid that was conducted by the military which is planned in advance and very well executed is just nonsense. >> yeah. you hate to think politics get involved in something like this when you have service members putting their lives on the line and one navy seal sacrificing his life. >> i think had is completely and utterly ridiculous that there...

People in uniform walking through airports. but i think reinforces the separateness. i think one important thing that general mattis, ive heard him express concern about this want to do is bring the military into american life more, something ive heard from him and mike -- a former chairman. >> i love the idea of the selective service make everybody eligible. if youre going to do it, not men just men and women and maybe something to that. >> one thing general mattis, soon to be secretary mattis ...

A major party who has never held an elected office or a political office, like taft or hoover or an elected office or a high military command with the one exception of wendell wilke, but he had -- he took four ballots to win. they didnt have many primaries then, and he had, as we now know, practically no chance of defeating president roosevelt. this is a phenomenon and a phenomenon of people angry at misgovernment, and they have some reason to consider it to be so. both parties. the bushes and t...

The program. but i think its not the sort of extremely dangerous anger that has been portrayed. i dont think that -- i dont think there is anything like as much violence in the politics of the country as there were in the 60s, especially when you had both the racial disturbances and the anti-vietnam disturbances going on. i do agree this is the first time that anyone has taken over a major party who has never held an elected office or a political office, like taft or hoover or an elected office ...

Breaks out with the north. the u.s. will retain command with seoul. 28000 american troops are serving as the north and south face off over on the one of the must borders on earth. >> we are often talking about thejf middle east, but a lot is happening in asia. it is interesting to note that the north and south koreas are still at war. i didnt realize we maintained wartime control. tell us what that means for america in that part of the world? >> that is true every since the arm tis was signed 60...

Became al qaeda and iraq and isis. the military core appears to be these disaffected soldiers and in some cases burro cats once on top of iraq. >> we still see some of these people lined with isis now. >> there is no question isis military command suffers from the theology in that. the military guys seem to be former saddam people, which is weird because they were not religious at all. in someways, this is a power grab, the guys we pushed out of power, this is their way to get back. >> you inter...

Centcom, the military command that oversees the isis campaign but evidence indicates pressure from washington. >> what weve seen so far raises real questions, not only about politicized intelligence at the level of the central command but pressure they may well have received from the top, from senior officials, political officials. not direct but enough that it would taint the analysis. >> in addition fox news has been told that the investigation may well include assessments that were discarded,...

Hundred different countries in the last nine months. how by anyones imagination is this progress? or more than that blaming the iraqis from the fact their own army has been understaffed under resourced in terms of ammunition and undertrained because we have not been keeping up our promises. >> you said they like to use the word setback rather than defeat. lets listen to josh ernest. >> iraq government has acknowledged the setback they experienced in ramadi was at least in part attributed to a br...

Sand storm when american planes couldnt fly after being in ramadi and anbar province for over a year and half of them had not been paid without bullets, having to buy them from the black market they fled. but buying the administrations line of this being the iraqis fault and we bear no responsibility is wrong. the media should be questioning that line. >> let me play one more sound bite from josh earnest and i think you will hear a similar phrase here. >> what the iraqi government has acknowledg...

That there were breakdowns in military command, planning and reinforcement. >> and vic biden had to bat cleanup this weekend in a hastily arranged phone call biden thanked him for the enormous sacrifice and bravery of iraqi forces and the state department rush aid shipment of 2,000 at 4 weapons to baghdad. leading the counterterrorism fight during the surge. >> new weapons are not going to make the difference. if war was math everybody would add up who was-- it doesnt work that way. >> battle cr...