Join the conversation on social media at c spain. Facebook. Com, and you can also email us at well, journal cspan. Org. Want to get your thoughts on what you specifically think the president should do on these two issues of the threat of the Islamic State, as well as russias aggression against the ukraine. So start dialing in now. Well get to comments in just a few minutes. This is from the Huffington Post web site. We wont be cowed by barbaric murders. If terrorists think we will weaken in the face of their threat, they could not be more wrong. Countries like britain and america will not be cowed by barbaric killers. This from the op ed coauthored by president obama and Prime MinisterDavid Cameron. What do you think the president should do on these two issues of isis in russia . On isis, front page of the Washington Times this morning with the headline, obama talks tough on terror, shies away from war. This piece written by ben wolfgang. They write, frustration on capitol hill reached a boiling point. Lawmakers are pleading with the president , and must act accordingly. Some lawmakers and counterterrorism analysts say war either started or is inevitable. I d so what do you think the president should be doing on these two issues . Well get your thoughts this morning, tony, well begin with you in virginia, democratic caller. Go ahead, tony. Caller yeah, i think they should do nothing, because you know one thing, this entire war was started, because what happened was supported isis. She supported the idea that we should go into syria and attack isis, so thank god that president obama didnt follow that, because by now it would be terrible. Number one, if host okay. Tony. Freddie in indianapolis, democratic caller, your thoughts. Caller the president is doing exactly what he should be doing, and hes done it in such away that hes not making any enemies other than the republican enemies in our country, but throughout the world hes doing it without making enemies, without bringing in more people who want to kill us, as the republicans say, and hes doing it in such away that hes getting the all other countries involved where they see that he is doing what is best, in the best interests of their country, and our country. Hes getting the people over there in the middle east, theyre becoming aware that they need this country more than the country needs them, and that when the United States walks away theyre the one who is in jeopardy. So the president is skillful. He is doing exactly what nesds to be done, instead of being hotheaded and going out there murdering people by dropping bombs on them, making more enemies. Host okay. Steve, a republican, indianapolis, maryland, what do you think . Caller i appreciate the last call hers thoughts, the problem is the president has known for the past year or so what isis has been up to and he waited and allowed them to grow in strength and power. They took city after city in syria and started attacking iraq, taking city after city, raping, attacking people, and the president did nothing. So what its amounting to has received no response from this president , very sad. Host steve, how did you feel a year ago about the possibility of air strikes in syria . When he has known about the chemical weapons they were using, president obama came out and said he was considering air strikes but wanted congressional approval, then russia said let us work to get rid of these chemical weapons, and that is the route they went. A year ago, steve, how did you feel about military action in syria . Caller i think those were two different targets. One was isis, which is one of the components of the rebels, and the other the people who are using the chemical weapons, you know, most of our intelligence was saying it was a Syrian Government. Its hard to say. I mean, obviously you dont want to have anyone using chemical weapons on people. I think the evidence that it was the Syrian Government was a little bit shoddy. There were a lot of information that it might have been the rebels. I think the main thing is you have the Syrian Government who is secular and who although there was this issue with the chemical weapons they were fighting an insurgency composed of a lot of basically terrorists, so you know its hard to say what we should have done then. But about that, but the issue now is isis is essentially perpetrating a genocide amongst any minorities. And that means that needs to be responded to. Host take a look at the poll, a lot of newspapers are citing. One year later americans back military action in syria. If you go inside the poll you can see this graph, then and now, support for military action in syria, this is from 2013, about the same time in september, 62 opposed, look at it now in late august, 63 support the idea. Were going to keep taking your thoughts on what the president should be doing to combat the threat of isis and also the aggression of russia. Well keep getting your thoughts through this morning, but lesley clark, the white house correspondent, joining us on the phone this morning from wales, the site of the nato summit, lesley clark, when it comes to isis, lets begin there, what is on the agenda for the president and separately for nato . Good morning. Yes, today the president has already been at nato this morning, and the first his first event of the day was a meeting with other european leaders, with ukrainian president poroshenko, so that sort of started off events today. So he began today with the issue much ukraine. What is nato considering when it comes to this russias aggression . Well, i think at this point theyre going to be looking at boosting some sort of defense capabilities. Hes also likely to brief leaders on the latest discussions on a ceasefire talks. Host so and then after this morning, where is he now . What is he doing the rest of the day . Whats on his agenda . We expect a lot of sideline discussions on the Islamic State, but i dont know if you followed that president obama and Prime Minister cameron had a joint editorial in the times of london today declaring theyre united in their intent to confront isis. There wasnt a lot of details, however, on what any of the plans might be. Host and so sideline talks, who is the president going to be talking to . Well, he appeared this morning, looking to show awe eye nighted front with at least the uk Prime Minister. They appeared at a school in wales this morning where they visited with kids who were learning about what nato is. And later on, you know, he just met with the ukrainian president , cameron by his side, and along with french president , and others. Host and so as he continues to have these sideline talks behind closed doors, the president s there today, how long is he there for . When does he return to washington . Hes got meetings all day today on it, and what they call a working dinner tonight at the castle, which is a couple blocks away from us. And then they have meetings again tomorrow and will wrap up the day at some point tomorrow with a press conference. And head back to d. C. , landing late tomorrow night. Host yesterday president obama in estonia his first stop before the nato summit talked about the threat of isis and addressed for the first time the news reports of the beheading of a second american journalist. Here is what he had to say. Our objective is clear, and that is to degrade and destroy isil so its no longer a threat not just to iraq but also the region, and to the United States. In order for us to accomplish that, the first phase has been to make sure we got eniraqi government thats in place and that we are blunting the momentum that isil was carrying out. And the air strikes have done that. But now, what we need to do is make sure that weve got the regional strategy in place, that can support an ongoing effort, not just in the air but on the ground to move that forward. And last week when this question was asked host a joint News Conference with estonia leader. Later in the News Conference he was asked about military conference. We know that if we are joined by the international community, we can continue to shrink isils sphere of influence, its effectiveness, its financing, its military capabilities, to the point where it is a manageable problem. And the question is going to be making sure we got the right strategy but also making sure we got the international will to do it. This is something that is a continuation of a problem weve seen certainly since 9 11, but before, and it continues to continue in different ways. We got to make sure that host president obama in estonia yesterday, you hear him laying out his thoughts on the threat of isis. The president also at the nato summit today dealing with this issue of russia and what nato should do to try to deter russia. We turn to all of you. What do you want to see from your president , specifically what should the president be doing on these two issues . Charles in kansas city, missouri, independent caller, go ahead. Caller okay. I just seen the clips from the last video, but all i really want to say is two things regarding russia and the isis, the isis, i want to touch on first. The isis situation if its such a threat, we dont want to give or let the cookie, because they will want the milk, but if its such a threat we need to try to figure out obama should keep doing the same thing hes doing as your last caller said, but for the most part i believe that because it is a Severe Threat level announced by David Cameron, i believe that there needs to be a religious like Eternal Affairs that deal and suggest what solutions we are to but military option, military option is definitely i believe on the table. Host okay. Caller but because theres it seems like its a religious provocation from, you know, whats what has to take place is just somebody is going to have to close pandoras box. Host im going to leave it there. Reminder to you and others you got to turn down that tv when youre talking. On twitter, call for a meeting of the organization of islamic conference. 56 members, and ask the u. S. And eu to address the meeting. And then you got this from howard who says, how can we on the one hand trust the russians we fly in space with them and on the other hand call them ally ares . Catherine, ohio, democratic caller, what do you think . Caller i think the president is correct on everything hes done. We have war mongers who want to get to war like john mccain, who has said for months lets go into syria. My question was then, who do we support in syria . The government who hates us . Or isil that hates us . I think the president was correct. I think that as far as russia is concerned, we need the allies in and around russia to support. They dont want to do that. They dont want to do it militarily, they dont want to do it monetarily. They want us, the big brother, to come in and do it for them. Its over. Were not going to do it for you anymore. Well go with you. Well help you, well stand with you but were not going to brunt the cost and do it for you. And i have one more issue i would like to address. Host sure. Caller i urge my congressman to get back to washington, d. C. , leave their seven week vacation, and get back and figure out how theyre going to pay for all this mess. Host okay. Caller its not going to be like it was under the last administration. It needs to be paid for. You need to get back to congress and you need to pay for it. Host can i ask you something before you go . You said republicans are warmongering. What do you make of some of the dream Democratic Party . Dianne feinstein, the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence committee, both saying that isis is a threat and the president needs to do something, that isis needs to be destroyed. You got bill nelson, democrat of florida saying hes going to introduce legislation to give the president the authority to take military action in syria against isis. Caller i think right now its just talk. Everybody wants them to come out clean. They dont want to have anything to do with it. They want the president to go outside and to do it for them. Im urging my democrat, my republican, senators and congressmen, stop talking about what you will do, what you could do, what you want to do, and actually do something. You can stand up and do it if you choose. Host okay. Caller it appears to this point that Neither Party wasnt toss do anything. They only want to talk about doing it. I urge them get back to washington and do your job. Host okay. Caller youre being paid to do a job, just simply do it. Host im going to move onto a republican, michael in lexington, North Carolina. Caller i just think that america has so long had an atmosphere of you can mess with us, you can bully us and our politicians are going to sit there and kick it around for a few months and talk about it. If people do not look at america as much for a helping hand as a correction hand, you mess with us and well come and get you, youre friend of us, well be a friend of you, and i just everybody wants to get a vote out of it or get some pat on the back. There needs to be consequences for messing with us. If you mess with us were going to come and get you. If youre friends of us were going to help you. Thats all i got to say. Everybody wants to put their own spin on it. Host okay. All right. From the hill news paper a few days ago, lawmakers to obama hit isis as we told you Dianne Feinstein believes that. You got lawmakers from both parties this week exhorting president obama to broaden the military campaign against the Islamic State. The authenticity of the video has been reporting, the hill reporting it had not. The presumed execution of the 31yearold time journalist Steven Sotloff demands a forceful american response. Youre getting that from both parties from the hill newspaper reporting. We turn to all of you, what should the president be doing, not only on isis, but also this issue of russia . Both on part of the president of obamas meetings and his agenda, while in wales for this nato summit. Front page of usa today has this headline. Can russia be stopped . Thats their headline this morning in usa today. Financial times, front page this morning, has the headlines, france has decided to halt the handover of a warship to russia. President halted the the shipment of a warship that france is building for the russian navy in the clearest sign yet that the president is that in the Financial Times this morning. And then on this supposed ceasefire the Washington Post has the front page story about that. Kremlin, russia, ukraine agree on initial peace deal. Russian president Vladimir Putin, that would entrench rebel gains there and had a significant defeat to ukrain ukn leaders who sought to regain full control of the nation. Friday is the day when nato will supposedly take action on russia. Robin, democratic caller. Hi, robin, go ahead. Caller hi. How are you . This is the first time calling. I am very worried. I never seen the president look like hes looking today. We have so many problems going on. I believe that he doesnt know what hes doing with foreign affairs. Im very nervous, and i think whats going to happen is were going to have something is going to happen here in america, and then were going to do something. Host okay. Tony, district heights, maryland, democratic caller. Good morning, tony. Caller good morning, cspan. I want to piggyback off of that last caller. I want to tell you what, maam. Nothing is going to happen here. These are falsified beheadings. I dont believe isis exists. I believe we always have to have a boggyman who keeps the Defense Department budget set. I believe the Defense DepartmentContracting Companies like boeing, general dynamics, all these big cats, theyre the ones that is driving this nonsense besides the government of israel, because we have to constantly support them no matter what. Host okay. Make in kentucky, independent caller. Hi, make. Caller good morning, and thanks the world for cspan. My comment on the United States going to war anytime, anywhere, is my belief is if were going to go to war, we need to go to war. And get to war with an idea to win. If thats not our plan, then we shouldnt be there. And you know, they talk about boots on the ground. Let them put boots on the ground or whatever, but just go to war to win it. It just doesnt make any sense to me to risk american lives, a little a lot of money, i guess, but mostly american lives to fight something and fight it and fight it and fight it. 10 years, i mean we were in in world war ii we were worried for four years. And this thing has hasnt cost as many lives, and im talking about afghanistan, and iraq, and any of these little flare ups, but you know, we should consult with other governments. If they want our help, let them know were going to give you help, but were going to theres going to be a lot of innocent People Killed besides americans. Your people are going to be put at risk. Host okay. David in key springs south carolina, good morning to you. Independent caller. What are your thoughts . Caller i was sitting there listening to the division conversations youre having. I got a question for the president but i would like to ask what news people why they dont ask the president why he changed his name to barack. You do that, you do that when you convert to islam. This president has repeatedly denied hes islamic. Do you think its a secret theyre riding around with our tanks and our guns and bulletproof vests . Host johnny, texas, independent call her. Caller good morning. Listen, i have two parts that i want to ask. Why does all these rich people in middle east go ahead and get together like saudi arabia, dubai, where all these people coming from, protect themselves, if were if theres heres the second part. If were exporting oil here in the United States, gas and oil, why do we have to defend the oilfields over there for the rest of t