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Will of a reconstruction council, people to install hopefully to run a civilian government. but this is still syria. its still bashar al assads country and he is backed by the russians. if these fighters manage to get raqqah back, what happens when syrian forces backed by the russians also with some iranian influence begin to move back into these areas? will these people be -- could isis move back in? what about the money that its going to cost? these are all questions that the trump administrat...

Portion. people supported by us have a small portion of it. we have not done anything for years. >> it takes a lot to believe the united states of america can ultimately bring a settlement to a civil war inside syria. our focus should be on taking raqqah back from isis, on making sure that it is not a terrorist haven from which attacks can be launched against the united states. and having a real political and humanitarian approach to the crisis. remember, the trump administration has launched th...

Red line. >> that didnt succeed back in 2013, i believe it was. >> thats right. >> when the resolution came forward. there is an understandable fatigue, both in congress and amongst the american people, about getting into wars where we dont have an exit strategy. regime change where we dont have an answer, particularly in confusing places like syria. but what does it look like? what does a road forward look like, that the united states commits some military might to dealing with a massive humani...

The region is in a different spot. isil is a threat to the kingdom and turkey and they have an interest in destroying isil and an interest in making sure iran doesnt control damascus. we dont need a large western army. lets put the region out front this time and make them pay for the war. without that, i dont see how we take raqqah back. theres nobody left in syria that can do the job in my view. >> sensors mccain and graham, thank you both for being on the show this morning. coming up, donald t...

Allies or the united states. >> so theres no victory here. >> no. >> i say this because this is a week we got raqqah back. thats the irony. so we make a substantial progress against isis in syria and in iraq. and yet now its whack a mole and now theyre popping up here. this goes to ten years ago -- over, pushing al qaeda back and then they reformed with a new name. >> its a generational struggle. if you dont think its a generational struggle you dont understand the war. if you think its in the m...