Isis. 5853882 for independents. If you want to make your thoughts known as far as how the u. S. Can go about defeating isis or how far the u. S. Should go here is how you can do it. Facebook. Com. You can send us email, too. Usa today, asking about strikes in iraq, specifically towards islamic groups, here is the poll results. The question, do you approve or disapprove of u. S. Air strikes against islamic militants in iraq . 54 of respondents saying they approve of the action, 31 saying they disapprove, 15 saying they dont know. Several stories in the paper not only taking a look at the bee heading of james foley but also whats next as far as policy concerning isis in iraq is concerned, and your thoughts welcomed on the lines, 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 5853880 for democrats, and and and for independents. Well get pe perspective from we house reporter jeff mason. I think the president s comments suggested that what he had started in terms of air strikes in iraq against isis or isil will continue. And most likely will increase. I think that that was a signal both to the American People and to the people in iraq and the organization that the United States doesnt tolerate the type of killing of a u. S. Citizen nor the other actions that theyre taking against muslims and others in iraq. So i dont think i dont think yet anyway that its just a signal in policy. I think it was a signal that what he started will continue and will probably get even thicker. What did you think about the tone of the remarks . He tried to sound very rest oh lute, saying United States of america will continue to do what we must do to protect our people, and calling on allies in other countries to help in that fight. Host jeff, stories in the paper also talking about information from the white house, a mission to recover hostages. For those just catching up to the story could you fill us in on what was said by the white house concerning this mission . Yes. Controversial that they released details about it at all. And what was said is there was a mission as you indicated, earlier this summer, carried out by members of u. S. Armed forces who were airlifted or dropped, i should say, into syria, in an effort to find foley and other u. S. Citizens who were held captive, and they failed when they showed up at the location because the hostages had been moved. So there was there were details released about that yesterday, and the white house then went on later to defend that release, saying the reason those details were given to journalists is base media organizations were planning on reporting on the raid. Host when it comes to the current situation, theres still a second journalist being held. Anything said by the white house about that journalist . Not to my knowledge, no. It is a longstanding policy not to pay ransom for people, northern citizens who are held. That is not necessarily the policy of many european governments. The u. S. Government feels that engaging in something lick that will endanger more americans by encouraging groups to take more hostages. At this point, theyre certainly no indication there will be a shift in policy on that. In fact, quite the contrary, both obama and secretary of state john kerry yesterday indicated that the strikes will continue, and its the very strikes that the group that was responsible for killing foley said they objected to and that was the reason for the terrible, terrible murder. Host the wall street journal reporting 14 strikes taking place yesterday. The state department has asked the pentagon for 300 more military personnel to baghdad to protect the americans working there. Has the white house indicated whether they will honor that request . No, not not specifically, but i think that thats another indication that this mission that i was referring to earlier will continue to increase. And i think its something that the white house is trying to prepare americans for. They are cognizant of the word mission and Mission Creep and not wanting to suggest that this mission or this battle by u. S. Forces is going to continue to get bigger and bigger. And yet faced with what happened with this american citizen, its at this point, it looks like they will continue to need more people, like the 300 additional forces. Host has the white house indicating responding to that pressure . I think the way theyre trying to portray it is about identifying the needs that the iraqis have, and focusing as clear as possible on the protection of u. S. Citizens, and baghdad has the u. S. Embassy, the original reason for air strikes was not only to help those religious minority on mount sinjar but also to protect the american consulate that was nearby. They will continue to use that as a guiding principle for the forces and for the attacks and air strikes that the u. S. Military takes part in, but clearly it goes way beyond that. And its its trying, as the president referred to yesterday, to attack the cancer that is this group. Host jeff mason, thank you. My pleasure. Host to your calls on how far the u. S. Should go to defeat isis, from the president s comments yesterday and papers taking a look at it today. Well look at some of those. The number is 202 5853881 for republicans, 202 5853880 for democrats, for independents, and 202 5853882. Caller i watch cspan every morning. Host go ahead. Caller i think the president is handling this exactly the way i want him to handle this. Hes doing everything he can. They had us try to even get him out in july we found out now. And i think that he going to have to stop trying to get the republicans to help him do anything, because theyre worthless. They anybody that works votes for republicans, they would rather the way theyve been talking about him. Host do you think the beheading changes things, as far as dealing with isis . Caller you cant be even thinking about thinking about these people. Theyre crazy, more than crazy. Host here is on our independent line, bob from montana. Hello. Caller hi, good morning. I am wondering about, you know, theres a force there and im worried about the Mission Creep. We have been in libya and it seems like what we did was just withdrew completely and have left turmoil there. And now it seems like we have done the right thing. I think im really proud of the president for doing what he has done, and im worried about getting without a long drawn interchange in there. Every time i look at the tv theres two or 300 more men going over there, it seems like its over pretty quick. We have to protect those people over there. Host sun times taking a phrase from the president s comments yesterday, we will be relentless, using it for its front page. I should look at that and discussing how far the u. S. Should go to defeat isis. Here is thomas from new jersey. Caller im concerned greatly about what isis has done, not only to religious minorities, christians, and now the bee heading of this journalist, i think we need to completely wipe out isis, whether that means continuing air strikes or i know that we were in war for many years, and i am very young, im only 20, but i think that it would be beneficial to us to take out isis because they are a tremendous threat to the entire world. Host so you could accept more of a step up, to what length . Are you talking boots on the ground . Would you just keep it to air strikes . Caller i would possibly have boots on the ground, but i would continue air strikes, but i also believe president obama needs to have stronger language and just and be more willing to confront the isis as a problem, because as reported in a congressional hearing as early as 2013, iraq was asking for help and the Obama Administration refused. If we had helped sooner maybe this wouldnt be such a big problem. Host john, district heights, maryland, democrats line, hi. Caller its amazing to me to see how misinformed all these people are. We brought that whole mess over there with president bush. And nothing was done about it. Nobody was held accountable for what was done over there. You still there, sir . Host yes, go ahead. Caller nobody was held accountable for the slaughter of those people over there. Now, i cannot condone hussein, but when you think back to how stable that area was before we did what we did to him, i mean its now we have isis. If im not mistaken, isis was armed by president obama to go against the syrian government. I mean, we American People got to wake up and understand. We cannot be arming people to kill each other and dont be held accountable for what we do when people grow up. I mean, the double standard is so glaring on how we treat one nation against another nation, one people against another people. I mean, the people stands up and want to take revenge, oh, look what they doing, look how they killing. Well look who is doing all the arming. March 10 luther king said it 40 years and its gotten worse. He said america is the greatest per have aer of violence on the face of the earth. We sell guns to anybody and everybody and when the guns are turned around to kill the very people who we think we want to back we want to blame the people who are doing the killing when it starts with our own federal government. Host senator rubio making comments about the beheading, here is part of his statement. It says isil is not a problem for only the iraqis and syrians to solve. If we do not do more to assist our partners and those moderate syrians, were asking about how far the u. S. Should go to defeat isis, what do you think . Caller basically i think that we have to do whatever is necessary, and whether that be from air strikes to boots, i think the main problem, though, from i agree with the previous caller about the things done in our country, its a religious war, and its really, really hard to okay, lets blame isis. The extremists are going to perpetuate themselves, so, i mean host go ahead. Are you there . I think hes dropped off due to the connection. Lets go to collins, baltimore, maryland, republican line. Hi. Caller yes. Im glad you are taking my call. Im very sorry the president you have now is a coward, and i think this man is not able to defend this country. The problem going on with isis, those groups should not exist at all. Now the having babies, killing women, killing christians, and were all were doing is and wasting a lot of gas with a bunch of jets running around doing nothing. Obama will not defend his country. Hes a muslim. And i tell you this. Host when it comes to isis exactly what should the u. S. Be doing, to what extent . Caller they should put troops in iraq, bomb isis, you see, the fear of Armed Conflict on our side is unjust because it only took two days for u. S. Troops to run iraq. It cost lives. Host flushing, new york, independent line, hi. Caller yes, good morning. We have to go back a decade ago what we were going to iraq to achieve. We went over there to bring democracy. After ten years, there is nothing. Now, isis is for me, United States went over there to contain isis but there is no reason to go and put our soldiers back and do whatever we try to do. We cannot achieve that goal. Its all messed up. We have to contain them, sending troops or is not going to help. Now either we have to side with as said or the warm in syria. If that is the case, why would you send so many years, good time, to fight those people . It is a failure of u. S. Policy. We should not get involved, but we they are not going to send just to fight america, so stop the hype and we cannot do that. Host a tweet from senator bob corker of tennessee says isis actions are afront to all. Our prayers are with the family of james foley. This is a tweet from tolman. If nato cant fight in iraq, then the u. S. Should quit immediately. You can follow us on twitter. You can email us, too, journal cspan. Org. Lets here from lorenzo in louisiana, democrats line. Caller i was talking about i mean, i dont think the u. S. Should be trying to protect a person that goes over there trying to make money, and you know youre in a war zone, and you dont have the protection, and why should we take and risk our well trained soldiers to go over there to try to get these guys out . When the money they make is their own. I had a friend of mine that was working for in support of the u. S. Soldiers over there, he got burned alive. And no one has said nothing, aint heard a word. But i mean for these people that know they going over there on this contracts, unless they working for the government to try to help the people over there then thats different. But if you choose to go and try to make some money in these war countries, i mean you cant even get insurance to go in a war zone. So why should the u. S. Why should we take and put our young men, our kids to go over there and try to save a person that knows hes over there strictly for the money . Host a column he wrote, did americas policy on ransom contribute to james foleys killing . Had these comments, saying the u. S. Government refused to negotiate or pay ransom in foleys case or any other american captives including my own and duck shun by the taliban five years ago. He wrote the column for receiptors. Here is al, in georgia, independent line. Caller yes. I just wanted to talk about wesley clark giving a speaking at a conference a few years ago, and its on youtube, where he talked about the United States wanting to do regime change in five mean countries. And this is approximately in 2001. They decided that they was going to do all of these different nations. Obama gets into office, and they basically just moburak to step down. They went into libya and tried to go into syria. So a lot of this stuff was planned well ahead of time, and this is just one of the repercussions from when they mess up, you know, basically they went over there and screwed up. Host so what should be done now . Caller excuse me . Host what should be done now . Caller well, i mean, you know, i dont exactly know what you should do now. After you go in there and stir up a bunch of mess and it backfires, or whatever, then you know, who are you to blame except yourself, you know . Why dont we stay out of these peoples business . Host rene is from oklahoma on our independent line. Good morning. Caller hello. Im calling because i know a whole lot of people that serve in the military. Different branches. And during the alqaeda crisis and bin laden a lot of people died. Some of them i know. I dont get how isis was allowed to come into existence and yet we go and we fight for ten years to get rid of alqaeda and bin laden . That doesnt make any sense to me. We go after people who are known to be a problem here in this country because theyre known to be problems. Why wasnt isis stopped before they got to this level . I dont get it. Host so as far as the current day, what should be done now, in your opinion . Caller thats easy. What should have been done to alqaeda to start with. Blow them off the dam map. Host well hear next from david from ohio. Hi. Caller i love your program. I lived in washington for a while. I believe that isis is a men esnecessary. I believe we should take them out. We should bomb them into oblivion. We should take their bases out in syria, take them out of iraq, take them out. And we did this a war or two, we terrorized and bombed, and japanese people, and we won that war. And were going to have to win this war, and if we dont take care of them now with our air forces, and just bomb them and let the kurds and arm them, and take care of these people, were going to have to do it ourselves sometime. And i hate to put boots on the ground, and but one way or another isis has got to go. Thats how i feel about it. Host the bank of america announcing a deal, or nearing a deal with the u. S. Government over mortgage securities. Headline from the Washington Post this morning, bank of america, 17 billion deal with the u. S. It says, the story by daniel douglas, if you go to the money and investing section of the wall street journal this morning, talks about pay for certain people on wall street. This is highlighting goldman sachs, here is todd, rockville, maryland. How far should the u. S. Go to defeat isis . Caller thanks for having me on their show. We need to make sure not to forget, we need to involve the Arab Community as solutions. Secondly, less boots on the ground, more eyes in the air. We have technology called drones. We need to step up our use of drones. And then thirdly, lets make sure that unlike our first entry into iraq, that there is Cost Recovery if the u. S. Goes in and we go in below. Thank you. Host dominique up next from south carolina, independent line. Dominique, hello. Caller yes. I think that in this situation we should be able to move ground troops, because we had to sacrifice so many lives throughout this war, and we cant like be able to control every situation, so like the last caller said i think we should use our technology that we have, try to handle the situation, because, i mean, there is this one bad group. Host we have several hundred people there, request from the state department for 300 more. There are already troops there. What do you think should be done with them . Caller i mean, we should we should go i think that we should either train other iraqi soldiers who want to see the mill i trant groups can took out due to fact that the u. S. We are its more countries than this, so and other people that can help, like do we have to be the only country that comes to the rescue when its time for war . Host if youre calling go ahead and continue to call. The numbers will be on the screen. This tweet on how far the u. S. Should go to defeat isis. He says remember the president was ready to attack isis last september but when he asked congress they said no. The president made several comments on isis yesterday. Here is a portion of his comments from yesterday. The United States of america will continue to do what we must do to protect our people. We will be vigilant and we will be relentless. When people harm americans anywhere, we do whats necessary to see that justice is done, and we act against isil, standing alongside others. The people of iraq, who with our support are taking the fight to isil must continue to come together to expel these terrorists from their community. The people of syria whose story jim foley told do not deserve to live under the shadow of a tyrant or terrorist. From governments and peoples across the middle east, there has to be a common effort to extract this cancer so that it does not spread. There has to be a clear rejection of these kind of ideologies. One thing we can all agree on is a group like isil has no place in the 21st century. Host well hear next from tony, fort worth, texas. Caller as much as i hate to think we are going back to iraq with boots on the ground, we are. Im a soldier and i know war groans when i hear them. Its a shame about the journalist that got killed. We lost almost 5,000 troops the last time, and were going back again. And i think this time that when we go back, we are going to be