Things that make people question whether or not theyre getting a fair investigation and therefore fair results. Weve called on the federal government to step in and take this case. This delay is something troubling. Dr. King used to say justice delayed, justice denied. Thank you for watching. Hardball starts right now. The vote for war. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. So were off to war. For the third time in a decade the United States will be bombing peel in the islamic world, killing muslims and wondering as we dump another payload into the sanlds of afghanistan, iraq or coming soon, syria, why those people down there hate us so. The u. S. Congress has voted to do this, sort of. What they agreed the vote on was the army of the free syrian army. The people we hope will be fighting on our side. They refused to vote at least until after the election on air strikes we are delivering in iraq and will soon delivering over syria. Before we get to this big next war we walked the the latest republican sortee against hilary over benghazi. Also, how well she is doing in her rollout that really got rolling this sunday in iowa. Anyone who thinks he may be rolling could make a lot of money betting that way. Other topics, the while fears out there that isis is at our southern frontier, chomping to get across the border. Wow. Also the reverse field that overnight decided that money talks. It is the advertisers against the child beaters and the advertisers are winning. Finally, the color and excitement, a real live race for the u. S. Senate and what it really looks like on the inside. Lets get to the nice new war. As he said, they offered it 273156. It passed with a majority of democrats although narrowly and a 21 vote for republicans. Isis has release ad new video. The 52clip has the feel of a real movie preview. It shows footage of what appears to be attacks against our troops, though it is not clear when or where those pictures were taken. It warns the United States that fighting has just begun. Today president obama said he will not commit more american troops to fight another ground war in iraq. But he also vowed. They will learn the same thing al qaeda already knows. We mean what we say. Our reach is long. If you threaten america you will find no safe haven. We will find you eventually. Us congressman from connecticut, ive been reading your stuff, your quotes. You voted no. We just gave up our leverage on Constitution Day to do something the constitution demands that we do. To chore this activity. Now were off the war without congressional authorization. It is bad enough to be on one side of a civil war. Were now on two sides with the group that will be arming and training. We wont know who they are and we wont predict the outcome until we are underway and until we are getting blamed for the activity this is group will undertake. They could be fighting assad, through al nusra. What guarantees do you hear were getting that the arm will be used against isis and not against somebody. Guarantee is not a word that you can use. If you look at afghan, iraq, libya, you assume the plans you make and what you think will achieve probably wont happen. So yes. How will we know that these guys, ive met some of them, will go after isis because we tell them. To i expressed this concern to the white house. Do we tell them that on one day they go after assad . That is fighting both sides of a civil war. John mccain says this group was form to fight assad in dmas. It was not formed to fight isis. Well, thats true. Ive met some of these guys. They are people who have been badly, badly abused by assad. Now isis is a profound threat to them as they are to many people in the world. It is not clear again what their mission will be. Is their mission antiassad or antiisis . If it is both, do they have the
capability to do two at once . Today president insist thats they wont get involved militarily. Lets watch. I want to be clear. The American Forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. As your commander in chief, i will not commit you and the rest of the ground war. After a decades of massive ground deployments, it is more effective to use our unique capabilities in support of partners on the ground so they can secure their own countrys futures. Thats the only solution that will succeed over the long term. Saying our latest polling, they dont think will win. Were fighting a war without our army. What kind of war is this . Were hoping to find them out
there somewhere. If you want to fight a war but you dont want to fight it, how do you win it in. I tea president at his word when he says he wont commit Ground Forces. They wont tolerate a major commitment of Ground Forces. There will be those who say you cant get rid of a group. I take president at his word but are we expecting the saudi, doing away with the conditions that give rise to these groups. Political repression, lack of economic possibilities. The fact that an awful lot of our allies in the region are funding these groups. Until we change it on the ground, theyll still be there. We can put boots on the ground like afghanistan and iraq but guess what, theyre still in afghan and iraq. So we have to be thinking a little deeper. Thank you for joining us. John kerry said isis had to be defeated, period. He said the end group would be then. There were some tense moments including when bob corker challenged secretary kerry for not having a serious plan for achieving the goal. I hope you will lay out a plan that will convince us about doing the thing you said you would do to the American People and to us. You havent done it. I find it somewhat surprising for to you suggest as the president of the United States talks to the nation and commits to take strikes in order to deal with isil, as we have come back from a week. Very serious meetings with nations around the world, all of
whom are committed to this, that you sit there and suggest it is not serious. Mel brooks jones us now. They voted a little more than 21 for this war measure, the free syrian army. Why did you address it. Let me be clear, the white house and the president believe, and i dont disagree, that they can form a coalition and they can use American Military forces and Coalition Forces to defeat the islameck state in iraq, in syria or anywhere else. Thats not what the issue tonight was about. The issue only the was about whether the United States of america is going to raise, train and arm a rebel group that is then going to be engaged in syrias civil war. Im very hes tanlt for the United States to be engaged in a civil war when our secretary of defense and our xhanling
general, cheryl of the joint chiefs of staff, is telling us that we may have to use Ground Troops, combat troops to be successful. At the same time you have our commander in chief, the president of the United States, vowing that Ground Troops will never be used. So you see this as the decision that was made a year, a dont get involved in fighting in syria. You believe this free syrian armys, it is not to join our fight against isis. I think to date thats an accurate prescription. Theyve had a mixed relationship with the islamic state. At time they Work Together as they try to topple the joem. What do you make of this . Do you believe it is doable in do you believe we can assemble
the way george bush sr. Did as president , a coalition of, the saudis come in and fight on the ground, the do you see that being a coalition or once again us using our air power . If the islameck state is as dangerous as has been represented, there ought to be motivation. It would be wolfedful if the United Nations did what they were supposed to do. Or if nato became much more active. Spread out to focus on the middle east with what is happening with the islamic state. The opportunity the s there for us to have a available coalition that includes Ground Forces from multiple nations. The question is whether john kerry has the skill set and the wherewithal to mold that into a
coheesive unit. We really havent had a Ground Campaign where we had soldiers next to our soldiers since korea. Where the turks were fighting with us, the south koreans, thern great fighters. You talk about the u. N. That was a u. N. Action. When since then have we had a u. N. Action that has been a forged unit, men willing to fight a war to its end . Thats one of them. In terms of peace keeping, the United Nations has failed to do the job that was envisioned when it was created after world war ii in the late 1940s. Looks like us alone again. Thanks so much for joining us. Were going to get to the fear amongering about isis and the crazy alarms the isis people are coming across the isis border. Theyre talking about coming across arab clothing. The congressman whose district is down there, he will tell us the reaction. It showed evidence the republicans said get hillary. Youve heard the saying money talks. The nfl in that case is darn true. After the big sponsors raised hell, the Minnesota Vikings finally removed Adrian Peterson from all activities as he faces charges. Well look at some of the color and excitement from one of the big races that will decide it. Iowa. Thats the closest out there. Finally, let me finish with this father mongering that isis will attack us in our beds. A little crazy talk out there. S . Discover a new energy source. Turn ocean waves into power. Design cars that capture their emissions. Build bridges that fix themselves. Get more clean water to everyone. Whos going to take the leap . Whos going to write the code . Whos going to do it . Engineers. Thats who. Thats what i want to do. Be an engineer. Join the scientists and engineers of exxonmobil in inspiring americas future engineers. Energy lives here. If you dont think beat con mewhen you think aarp, you dont know aarp. The Aarp Fraud Watch Network helps everyone protect themselves and their families against scams and identity theft. Find more real possibilities at aarp. Org possibilities. Earlier in the week i showed you the ad where she fires a shotgun and distances herself from president obama. Now its mark begichs turn in alaska. He took on obama the get drilling in the arctic, to keep our f16s, and he voted against obamas trilliondollar tax increase. Mark beg dlix wins the fights for alaska. Begich is another democrat in a deep red state trying to run from the president. A new Hayes Research poll shows 4136. So i can reach ally bank 24 7, but there are no branches . 24 7 its just im a little reluctant to try new things. Whats wrong with trying new things . Feel that in your muscles . Yeah. I do. Try a new way to bank, where no branches equals great rates. It makes me happy to i like feeling smart. Internet essentials from comcast has brought lowcost Internet Access to over 1. 4 million lowincome people at home. Internet essentials helped me progress in my schoolwork. It helped my grades move higher. Today its the largest Broadband Adoption program in america. It helped me a lot. Comcast nbcuniversal. Helping to bridge the digital divide. Some are linking the Islamic Extremist Group isis to the contend shus immigration issue which has been a hot potato facing the lawmakers. We have found copies, or people along the border where the trails of these people come across, have found muslim clothing. They have found koran books laying on the side of the road, or the side of the trail. So we know that there are muslim thats have come across and being smuggled in the United States. You think that theyre already here in the u. S. . Do you think they would use the southern border to cross . Sure. Potentially. But not just isis. There are multiple groups to want to strike us. I think there is great concern. The cause of the condition of the border from the standpoint of it not being secure and us not knowing who is penetrating
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