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Now going to have to think about as he responds to this one? >> what preceded the presidents words a year ago was the same thing that we saw today which was videos and images of dead children. and its something we have seen consistently with this president. i think there is a tension between trump, trumps sort of isolationist instincts and also his desire to respond forcefully and his message that america will be strong and wont take guff from various countries around the world. what we have see...

Addressing the long-term issues of reconstruction and other things that will have to be done, and this of course is -- there is a military role in this. certainly in the stabilization phase. >> reporter: it may all put one of the most plain spoken four star generals in a tough spot. >> i dont think general votel will accept the idea we have to leave in six months. hes been on the ground, has looked the kurdish leaders in the eye and has basically told them we will stay. he done want to be somebo...

What happens is, if you dont go to the stabilization phase. you dont change the facts on the ground. you give control of events to others. in this case, the russians, the syrians and the iranians, it almost guarantees that three, four, five years from now, well have to go back there and kill other people who are trying to do us harm. >> were still in phase four in afghanistan and in iraq. >> we are. thats the attractiveness for a lot of americans. and i totally understand it. the presidents stat...

>> our primary mission was getting rid of isis. weve almost completed task. i want to get out, bring our troops back home, i want to start rebuilding our nation. >> what do you think? >> sounds family. al qaeda is on the run and time to do nation building at hole. barack obama right before isis comes on the sxeenl roars through iraq and syria. let me give you a way that people like me think about whats going on in syria. we generally plan our operations in four phases. we deploy, we shape the ba...

Stabilization phase? that didnt make sense to me. >> michael, good catch. i thought that was the most fascinating part of what was a very fascinating press conference by the secretary and general votell. the stabilization phase is what takes place after youve achieved battlefield success, after youve taken mosul, after youve taken raqqah, what do you do to make it less likely youve got to go back and do it again. its a wonderful marker that the secretary of defense has put down. i mean on a dark...

Mattis, and general voguele that didnt get a lot of attention this week, the context is, there was a question posed relative to iraq and our future military posture. well roll the tape and you parse these words. >> the short answer is, we are in consultations with the iraqi government about what the stabilization phase looks like. there have been no decisions, no offers made either way. were in consultation and were talking about what the tactical situation will probably look like. >> general, w...

Force posture after isis is defeated in mosul and raqqa, are you contemplating maintaining u.s. bases or a u.s. base in iraqi kurdistan so as to be able to check any further resurgence of an isis-like group? >> the short answer is we are in consultations with the iraqi government about what -- what the stabilization phase looks like. there have been no decisions. there have been no offers made. either way we near consultation and were talking about what the tactical situation will probably look ...

Forces posture after isis defeated in mosul and raqqa. are you contemplating maintaining a u.s. base in iraq kurdistan to deter isis-like groups? >> the short answer is were in consultations with the iraqi government about what the stabilization phase looks like. theres been no decisions. theres no offers made either way. were in consultation, talking about what the tactical situation will probably look like. as you can tell, theres some assumptions there because of the ongoing fight in west mos...

Proteins and drink a lot of of water. lasts 1 to 10 days. then you go into the crews phase where you canned avel tabs to that another phase called the consolidation phase eat breads. maybe one piece of fruit a day. and finally the stabilization phase where you eat whatever you want but you have one high protein daily. the problem with this diet is that there are so many rules its so hard to follow all these different phases. these arent sustainable long term and also we dont know the health effe...

Going after a syrian airfield, but you do want strategic consistency, michael. your friends and your enemies need to have a fairly good idea of what your intent is and where your red lines are. i think its a bit overstated in what he said in that particular broadcast. >> i want to show you an additional clip of secretary mattis and general vogul that didnt get a lot of attention this week, the context is, there was a question posed relative to iraq and our future military posture. well roll the ...