with all due respect, he s basically an isolationist. he doesn t believe we ought to be involved in that part of the world. i think it s absolutely essential. david corn is an msnbc political analyst. okay. this is fascinating. it feels like what we re seeing is the two two of the three legs of the republican party, meaning the establishment wing, the sort of neo-conservative old-school wing that includes dick cheney, going to war not so much against barack obama but against rand paul and this kind of neo-libertarian wing. what do you make of it? well, there s always been a neo-libertarian wing of the republican party, conservative movement, skeptical of intervention, some of whom were against the iraq war. it s always been small and never had a lot of political clout within the party. not a lot of established, you know, figures in the congress taking on that view. but with rand paul and ted cruz and some others getting elected,
with the shia-led government comes as prime minister maliki made a vague promise to begin forming a national government after last month s elections. i emphasize that defending iraq against isil depends largely on their ability, all of them, to form a new government and to do is quickly. it is essential that iraq s leaders form a genuinely inclusive government as rapidly as possible within their own constitutional framework. secretary kerry s visit comes as the sunni-led insurgents of isis this weekend consolidated their gains across iraq and syria with the capture of several key border towns, allowing the groups greater flow of weapons and troops. it also comes two days after shia militias held rallies in several cities, including baghdad. in an interview recorded on friday and broadcast today, president obama told msnbc s