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>> fire! >> his generals wanted a large new surge of troops. but he insisted on something smaller. >> he took on this idea that the commander in chief is not the commander in chief. that somehow the commander on the ground should be the person who gets everything he needs as determined by him. >> and he demanded a deadline. >> a time frame. >> for when the troops would come home. >> our troop commitment in afghanistan cannot be open-ended. >> consider this. in january 2009, there were 175,000 tr...

Lose limbs and some dont come back. >> told you it was up here. >> obama also wanted to apply that logic in afghanistan. >> hey, im not finding this, im going to kill him. >> fire! >> his generals wanted a large, new surge of troops. >> but he insisted on something smaller. >> cover, cover! >> he took on this idea that the commander in chief is not the commander in chief, that somehow the commander on the ground should be the person who gets everything he needs as determined by him. >> do it, do...

New surge of troops. but he insisted on something smaller. >> cover. cover. >> he took on this idea tt the commander in chief is not the commander in chief. that somehow the commander on the ground should be the person who gets everything he needs. as determined by him. >> do it. do it. do it. >> and he demanded a deadline for when the troops would come home. >> our troop commitment in afghanistan cannot be open ended. >> consider this, in january 2009, there were 175,000 troops in afghanistan a...

>> fire. >> fire. >> his generals wanted a large new surge of troops. but he insisted on something smaller. >> cover. cover. >> he took on this idea that the commander in chief is not the commander in chief. that somehow the commander on the ground should be the person who gets everything he needs. as determined by him. >> do it. do it. do it. >> and he demanded a deadline for when the troops would come home. >> our troop commitment in afghanistan cannot be open ended. >> consider this, in janua...

And thats the interesting question, because never at the french ambassador here in washington telling us what to expect. but theres no doubt that the french president is -- president obama to re-enforce an international coalition. its a little bit like francois hollande who is becoming the commander in chief of the fight against isis. he wants a strong coalition. so he will be in washington tomorrow. then hes going to go to germany to meet angela merkel. then hes going to moscow on thursday to m...

Tomorrow morning. >> any indication that president hollande will ask for military specifics in terms of specific technical support or a troop commitment? >> the troop commitment is going to be really difficult because the french, like the americans, do not want ground troops at this moment in syria. what we expect the maybe better cooperation between the intelligence agencies all over europe and maybe also something involving money. isis is well financed and francois hollande today in france wit...

Their graves hadal already been prepared. not only did our support help provide another mass killing, we enabled those partners of ours to deliver isil a clear defeat and prevented them from broadcasting a horrific massacre to the world. this is someone who saw the team that he was advising and assisting coming under attack. and he rushed to their -- to help them and made it possible for them to be effective. and in doing that lost his own life. thats why im proud of him. >> master sergeant josh...

With, but at least in syria, you can work with the kurds in the north. >> is that a troop commitment? >> no its not. >> you embed with kurdish forces to call in air strikes. >> how many special forces do you need for that? >> im not a military expert, but i wouldnt say its over 1,000. >> david corn, there doesnt -- i dont think the american public is going to have any confidence in any plan announced here since theres nothing in the american record in these kinds of interventions to build confid...

Center of this conflict. >> what did they adopt. what policy did the islamic state adopt. >> the local tribal protection forces, bringing them on side with money. kwuns the islamic state is cleared out, you have to empower the local sunni tribes. theres not any forces to work with, but at least in syria, you can work with the kurds in the north. >> is that a troop commitment? >> no its not. >> you embed with kurdish forces to call in air strikes.

Did you know that a bilateral security agreement between mr. obama and afghan president hamid karzai could bind us to a troop commitment beyond 2014? the semiofficial date is 2024. great news for pandering generals, one of the many who have commanded coalition forces in afghanistan. dunford told "the wall street journal" that hes optimistic about the signing of the agreement because the trust building measures asked by the president are logical and good for both sides and not as difficult as por...