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Are we going light our hair on fire every time there is a setback in the campaign against isil? >> every time the capital of the anbar province falls we will light our hair on fire. >> thousands are forced to flee should that cause a stir? >> the prime minister was just here they again -- what equipment they had they dropped and ran. now we find out we have shia militia on the outskirts been hired to go win back the sunni region which we know is not going to be successful. >> the reason josh ear...

>> it doesnt mean there havent been areas of setback as there have been in ramadi. martha: we are going to get reaction from adam kin. but first doug, tell us what strategy the white house ply be considering. >> reporter: the capture of ramadi only 70 miles west of baghdad. more seriously than josh earnest let on yesterday. >> are we going to light our hair on fire every time there is a setback with is i will * -- with isil or

>> john yeah. overall, yes. that doesnt mean that there havent been areas of setback, as we saw in ramadi. are we going to light our hair on fire every time that theres a setback in the campaign against isil, or are we going to take seriously our responsibility to evaluate those areas where we succeed and evaluate where steps are necessary for us to change our strategy where weve sustained setbacks? >> white house press secretary josh earnest calling the u.s. overall strategy in iraq successful ...

>> reporter: republican senator john mccain slammed the president for allowing isis to seize the key iraqi city of ramadi. and laid into white house press secretary josh ernest for snapping back at critics this way. >> are we going to light our hair on fire every time there is a setback? >> we are seeing a dark chapter in american history. and its getting darker. because in response to a slaughter in ramadi the answer seems to be "lets not set our hair on fire." >> reporter: frustration with the...

This is why the president frankly should withdraw the authorization of use and military force and start over. for over two years now, i have been calling on the president to develop an over arching strategy to deal with this growing terrorist threat. we dont have one and the fact is the threat is growing faster than what we and our allies can do to stop it. >> hes the speaker of the house. hes blaming the president for something through congress. at some point it has to be the responsibility of ...

Are we going to light our hair on fire every time theres a setback in the campaign against isil? >> we know that hope is not a strategy. the presidents plan isnt working. >> all right. well thats the debate raging in washington over the u.s. strategy on fighting isis after the fall of ramadi. is the strategy working or not? lets turn to phillip mudd former cia counterterrorism official. good to see you. >> good morning. >> is the strategy against isis working or failing? >> i dont think we can s...

Colonel reese, that these isis forces that took ra plaidedy also wound upp capturing lots of u.s. equipment, some sophisticated and lethal and know how to use it because a lot of isis forces are former baathist iraqi military officers who worked for saddam hussein. how big of a problem is this? >> wolf it is a problem, but i do not see it like some others were talking with see it that way. im spending a lot of time on the ground. it is a setback. yes, the weapons they -- theyre able to grab can ...

Hayden, former director of the cia, told me the u.s. has no strategy in syria, theres only an outline of coherent strategy in iraq. do you agree? >> i think there is a strategy in iraq. it is to train iraqi security forces so that they along with u.s. air power, can take back this territory. >> do you have any confidence in that? you end up with 1,000 of them being beaten by 100 isis guys. yes, i do have confidence. you have to look at the bigger context here weve taken back 25% of the territory...

Weekend a, quote, setback, officials say they are not conducting a formal review of the strategy for defeating isis but aide to the president say they are looking at options for supporting what theyre calling an iraqi-led mission to retake ramadi. pressed repeatedly on the mounting bipartisan criticism of the presidents strategy white house press secretary josh earnest lashed out at all the second guessing. heres what he had to say. >> thing is we have to decide what the approach to the issues i...

Official called the situation a serious setback. that official said nobody is kidding themselves about it. wolf? >> barbara thanks very much. as isis scores one victory after another, president obamas strategy for fighting the terrorists is under attack by republicans and others here in the united states. our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us with more of whats going on. whats going on there, jim? >> the white house is signaling its open to making minor changes to its str...