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Now if theres an attack or a provocation, sure. but never do americans spontaneously say, hey, lets get back involved in iraq. thats why we have a president and we have an executive groonch do unpopular things when necessary. >> the interesting thing though is that a lot of people are arguing that because of the presidents actions, this sort of security vacuum was left in iraq and now some are asking could the same thing happen in afghanistan? the president vowing, of course, to leave their rela...

Part of key iraqi actors so that an organization like isis cannot take advantage of the existing security vacuum that was left after the u.s. troops withdrew, but so that it can also not continue to capitalize on the sunni populations disenchantment with the shia government, christine. >> wow. arwa damon for us this morning. thanks, arwa. >> the politics of iraq front and center right now in washington. house speaker john boehner really lashing out at the president, saying the president made a m...

World. >> weve got the saudis who are very concerned and others as you just mentioned in the arab world. is this all going back to not only the way we left iraq but the way we didnt engage in syria? >> yeah, its part and parcel of all of that. it starts after 2003, after the invasion of iraq, we did not secure it, we created a security vacuum and produced the civil war in iraq. >> the famous decision to dismiss the army. >> exactly and not occupy it and secure the populist and prevent looting. y...

Imagery, providing intelligence, drone imagery, helping the afghan security forces fight the taliban, training them on weapons systems, making sure that they are organized, but going forward, its unclear if this mission will continue. the united states needs to have a bilateral security agreement with afghanistan for this to continue, and so far president hamid karzai has said he will not sign this agreement, which would mean when the end of the combat operations end at the end of this year, all...

To beoops. what do you mean by that? how do you clarify? >> i think what happened was the world community has been not as focused on ukraine as they should be and they left a vacuum. first they left a security vacuum. in view of what was happening in other communities across ukraine, there should have been contingency plans to deal with any potential unrest as a result of a collapse of the party of regions. that didnt happen. so you know the old rule when theres a power vacuum, bad things can ha...

Fight with syria. most is outside of syria and politically oriented. we need people on the ground it can fight for the principles we believe in. many people to fight, develop, arm and train to bring down this government. at the same time not allow the islamists and military islamists in a qaeda to fill in that security vacuum. it is very, very difficult. it has been three years but we should have gotten off the bench a long time ago and now there is no real good answers or choices, jenna. jenna:...

Into the hands of people we wouldnt want them to fall into the hands of. i it challenging but unfortunately our lack of proactive stance years ago is where we stand today. jenna: what is happening in syria why were seeing action of al qaeda in iraq with the boldness in trying to come back into certain areas. you mentioned that we werent proactive a few years ago. does that mean all is lost? is there something that still can be done? >> depends if youre talking about syria or iraq. even though th...

Elements who come into syria. heres the good news, david. i dont think the average syrian wants to displace assad and have an al qaeda state to replace him. these radical islamists are coming to the fight because of the security vacuum. they in my view do not represent the average syrian person. hezbollah, neither does al qaeda represent the average syrian. thats the good news, but they have to be fought. >> i have just a couple minutes left, senator. on a couple other matters. edward snowededen...

Average syrian and the al qaeda elements who come into syria. heres the good news, david. i dont think the average syrian wants to displace assad and have an al qaeda state to replace him. these radical islamists are coming to the fight because of the security vacuum. they in my view do not represent the average syrian person. hezbollah, neither does al qaeda represent the average syrian. thats the good news, but they have to be fought. >> i have just a couple minutes left, senator. on a couple ...

Ongoing political uncertainty, the british embassy is temporarily withdrawing a small number of staff. the presidents nominee to replace chris stevens faced questions at her confirmation hearing this week about the deteriorating situation. >> obviously, i think principle goal is to address the security vacuum, to address the capacity vacuum of the government in terms of its security. >> reporter: none of the u.s. military forces in europe have been ordered to move as of this evening. but in the ...