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Together here. this is a stronger case than we had certainly in the former yugoslavia and, of course a much more direct case. much of those cases involved someone trying to charge milosevic in serbia for forces that were apparently or purportedly independent in another country. these arent independent forces. this is not some proxy army. its an army of the russian federation thats committing these crimes under the direct km command of vladimir putin. >> putting these cases together is difficult ...

To power and now as they say, to lie in wait for a moment of weakness on the part of the international community to bring the taliban that the power by force. we have to understand this is a proxy army, the former chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff of the united states said that they network which is now leading the taliban is a veritable arm of the pakistani state and that there way we need to approach the things that we need to respond seriously the way the international community is respond...

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Neighboring syria. the cia director put i rans commander on notice, reaching out to him personally. >> what we communicated to him in the letter, we will hold he and iran accountable for any attacks on american interests in iraq by forces under their control. >> the consequences of a diminished isis and iran could pose a key threat to a key ally in the region. >> 80% of assads fighters are iranian proxies in syria to establish this land bridge over into the mediterranean. we face the prospect of...

Continued support for assad, about 80% of assads fighters are iranian proxies in syria to establish this kind of land bridge over -- over into the mediterranean and so what we face is the prospect of iran having proxy army on the borders of israel. what we see is the weaponization to yemen, southern lebanon, they are trying to do it in syria with long-range missiles and theyre increasing the threat that iran poses to the whole region through islamic revolutionary guards corp and proxies, what we...

From the white house. >> reporter: ask about the failed program to train and equip syrian fighters, president obama told "60 minutes" sunday that he never believed in the plan in the first place, despite its billion and a half price tag. >> this is why ive been skeptical from the get-go about the notion that we were going to effectively create this proxy army inside of syria. >> reporter: but if youre so skeptical of the strategy, which already has cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, he ...

Syrian opposition. tonight, i call on congress again to give us additional authorities and resources to train and equip these fighters. there is no doubt it didnt work. this is why i have been unsure about the notion we would effectively create this proxy army inside of syria. >> so in the first instance he is asking congress for money to get it done and now he says he never believed in the process. >> he is saying putin is coming from a place of weakness as well which couldnt be further than th...

Opposition. i call on congress to give us additional authority and resources to train and equip these fighters. there is no doubt this did not work. thats why i have been sceptical from the get-go that we were going to create this proxy army in syria. bill: then he says what am i going to do, send in 100,000 troops? i havent herd anyone call for that. >> hes saying the incompetence of my administration in fumbling this training program for the syrian opposition proifs was right in the first plac...

Stalemate. but whats going to happen to isis? i mean they have to be -- somebody has to take them on. whats going on right now is not working. theyre still occupying big chunks of iraq. theyre still occupying a good chunk of syria. >> right. >> whos going to get rid of them in >> over time the community of nations will all get rid of them. >> you have been talking a lot about the moderate opposition in syria. this seems very hard to identify. >> steve, this is why ive been skeptical from the get...

Stalemate. but whats going to happen to isis? i mean, they have to be -- somebody has to take them on. whats going on right now is not working. theyre still occupying big chunks of iraq. theyre still occupying a good chunk of syria. >> right. >> whos going to get rid of them in >> over time, the community of nations will all get rid of them. >> you have been talking a lot about the moderate opposition in syria. this seems very hard to identify. >> steve, this is why ive been skeptical from the g...