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Even the islamic state has a franchise right now in afghanistan. so if its not the taliban that takes over, it will be the islamic state. so i think weve got to be in afghanistan and i do think the numbers should be where they are right now. the president is talking about 5500. i dont think thats going to be enough. >> some say even 10,000 figure wouldnt be enough. thats enough maybe to hold the government in kabul now. but its not enough to finally bring peace in the sense of unification to tha...

Seeing is the beginning of the new proxy war between the united states and russia. you have the russians, who of course have the iranian, and the syrians and now the cubans and hezbollah acting on the ground as their boots on the ground, and and we are supporting the syrian kurds and the moderate rebels fighting each other, and as you say, somebody is gogoinge killed that is an american or a russian, and it is going to lead to probably, maybe an escalation. so i think that it is important that w...

What? russia, iran, they want a proxy war, well give them a proxy war. and were going to bleed them. >> for more on russias involvement in syria, we want to bring in jill dougherty. she is a research were the international center for defense and security, and cnns former moscow bureau chief. good to see you, jill. thanks for being with us. >> hey, natalie. >> i want to start with your thoughts on if are we seeing a u.s.-russian proxy war, as elise just reported? >> you know, i think its a proxy ...

East of bakersfield. the u.s. and russia have cleared the way to allow both military to carry out airstrikes over syrian thats the record from russias defense ministry. it reports now that the two countries have agreed on how to keep their fighter jets out of each others way as there is a proxy war between the another and russia. we have figure out houston to keep our jets out of each others way. its comical almost but it is not. we talked to away for defense department staffer about the idea ...

>> u.s. officials said consistently that they would welcome military action by countries like russia or iran but it is the u.s. assessment russia and iran are intent on one goal propping up the regime and wolf, this has many potential consequences lengthening the war, setting up a proxy war between russia, iran and the u.s. it is not seen as a good development here in washington. >> jim sciutto reporting, thanks very much. lets bring in our analyst peter and cnn military analyst retired lieutena...

Surprising. the cuban military, as you know, has long had close cooperation with the for the u.s., preventing another vietnam and from a soviet point of view, another afghanistan. >> cuban troops as a proxy war, it just seems look something from the cold war yet here we are in 2015. >> very much a cold war. the soviet union used to do that

>> paying more attention now. julie, appreciate you and your colleagues. now americas proxy war with russia in syria. that is amateur video showing the aftermath of russian air strikes in the province of central syria. an official says syrian forces fan an offensive to, quote, restore security and clear out isis militants and that those russian strikes were designed to provide cover. a u.s. official says that 150 of the american cia-attended moderate rebels have been killed or wounded by russi...

They reject direct dialogue on a major issue of political settlement. >> but washington is only interested in pilot safety talks, or plans to defeat isis. not cooperation that could bolster assad. >> they can join in supporting a plan to drive daesh back and create room for more unified set of syrian leaders, or they can invest their arms and prestige on behalf of a dictator -- >> reporter: while putin may seem to have the advantage now, u.s. officials predict moscow will soon find itself bogged...

The cold war proxy parallels. >> the president was definitive in the news conference in which he made chlor the conflict of syria would not be a proxy war. that is a firm commitment that the president made and that is something we will abide by. >> there is also new information an u.s. official tells fox news moscow is targeting cia backed rebels and succeeded in killing 150 of those rebels. >> back to you. doug, thank you. >> officials are dealing with a growing crisis and could mean more fligh...

And russia. that is a firm commitment the president has made and thats something that we will abide by. >> reporter: speaking at a conference of the association of the united states army here in washington just a little while ago, secretary of defense ash carter asked about russian aggression said, "it looks like its here to stay." shep, back to you. >> thank you. i want top listen to josh earnest again. listen. >> i think the president was fairly definitive in the news conference that he did 10...