Start until assad is stopped and moderate wont stop. Therefore theres no way to avoid that. I hope theres two prongs and not isil force and that that message is not given to the brave young women. If we dont stop isil first there may not be much left of the other prong. That sounds bogus and false. Joining me now is joe, president of a Global Security foundation. Joe, go to have you with us. Its been quite the hearing the last two hours on capitol hill and there seems to be real differences between both parties when it comes to how we will handle this. From what you saw did secretary kerry lay out a good road map as to where we are as a country moving forward against isis. I do. I think the secretary was quite clear and seemed to have the support of most of the members of that committee. Senator john mccain continues to insist he should be running National Security policy. He has his own ideas. Wants this to be much more of a u. S. Direct military involvement. Would lo of to have troops go into syria and iraq. Right now talking about tens of thousands of troops. Secretary kerry is very clear and the president is clear, thats not going to happen. Were talking about air cover, air strikes against isil. Were talking about training, thats what the house is voting on right now, and supporting the grou Ground Forces of our allies in the region. The oranther night lawrence l wilkerson told us there had been some kind of ceasefire made between syrian moderates and isis. That was debunked by secretary state john kerry when Barbara Boxer asked him about that after appearing on this program. Do we really know whats going on. Does our intel have a good grip on, quote, who the good guys are, if were going to be arming these syrian moderates. Secretary of state, kerry, down playing it. Its tough. This is tricky. Part of the reason is assets on the ground are limited. The isis group is so extreme and tightly controlled that it is very hard to get human intelligence inside that Group Reporting out. So what youre talking about is theres some reports, factions of the rebel group have agreed not to fight isis at this point and to concentrate on assad. I think those alliances come and they go. It is possible that both reports could be right. The problem we have, really, and secretary kerry alluded to this a bit and members of the committee pressed him on it, its unclear how many moderate forces are left in syria. This fight something brutal. Hundreds of thousands killed already. Millions of refugees. Some moderates have become extremist. If we dont arm them they are not going to be left. Thats what secretary kerry said in the last half hour. Lets talk about ground troops. There seems to be a extreme discord on what our latitude is, and what are we going to do, put troops on the ground. Earlier today secretary kerry said no way the United States is going to put a ground force. Watching this, you get a feeling if the United States were to say, yes, all options on the table, yes were going to do ground troops, were going to get in there, wouldnt this signal to other coalition partners, why should we put our guys in if the americans said they will put theirs in there. It would seem to me this is a certain way the United States is trying to keep the coalition feet in the fire, that they got to get skin in the game on this. If we give them any kind of opening it might fraction the coalition what about all that. Thats exactly right, ed. The whole point of this careful str strategy is to get others involved. Get them to come into the fight and resist isil. Theres no way the u. S. Can do this on their own. Is there a possibility some time in the future there might be a ground role for u. S. Forces. You heard general dempsey indicate yesterday maybe possibly but it is clearly not what the American People or the administration want. As you say, leading with that, sending tens of thousands u. S. Troops back into iraq would kill the coalition effort. Most groups would sit back and wait for us to do the work for them. Secretary kerry made the case, theres a Clear Strategy to destroy isis. Were not starting from scratch. This is an effort that we have been building over time, both on our own and with the help of our international partners. Even before president obamas speech last week, nearly 40 countries had joined in contributing to the efforts to strengthen the capacity of iraq to strengthen its military, to train, to provide humanitarian assistance. We have been focused on isil since its inexception. The reaction countering secretary kerry claiming there was no plan. Heres the administration asking for support in the form of a vote and also resources via the vote yet hes claiming the plan wasnt detailed enough. Kerry said theres things i cant say here, we have go to a closed briefing. That didnt seem to satisfy senator corker either. Sort this out for us, joe. Well, we have two problems, one is a fierce political opposition to president obama. His opponents have been waging fights since the president was inaugust rated. So every issue gets caught up in the obamahate machine. So you see opponents. I have to count senator mccain and corker among them. Thats part of the problem. The second part of the problem is they may not have all the information. The American Public certainly doesnt. The Washington Post just a couple months the ago revealed the cia have been secretly training Syrian Rebels for over two years. Never was it said publicly. Its been going on some time. And the third thing, the work you need to build a Coalition Takes place outside the headline. I know why people are frustrated the president has spoken earlier but part of that is to give the behind the scene work time to gel before announcing a full strategy. Yeah. When i was at the state of the Union Address last january, i will reveal my source, i had congressman from minnesota rick nolan come up to me and say, ed, were training in syria and no ones talking about it. Yeah. I didnt follow up on the story at the time but i did put it away and havent forgeten it. Youre saying we have been in syria for several years. Yeah. It doesnt sound like breaking news but it seems we understood the insecurity of that region to the point we vn the been totally disconnected. If we have been in there training that long, take that information for what it is, how could we not be arming the correct people. Is our intel that bad . Or do we know exactly what we have to do. This is a extremely confusing and rapidly developing situation. People dont have a fullblown plan for exactly what were going to do tomorrow, the next day and the week after that. But theres elements of the seer ran opposition were working with. And he used the word training. Yeah. We have boots on the ground training. Yeah. Want to play another exchange between kerry and mccain. Is it your view that the Syrian Opposition is viable . Hello . Hello senator. Im taking you so seriously. I know. Is it your view that the Syrian Opposition is viable. The Syrian Opposition has been viable enough to be able to survive under difficult circumstances but they still have some distance to go and we need to help them go that distance. Right. And they obviously need our assistance in weapon and training which you are going to embark on. Are you surprised in the degree of misinformation that members of congress will swallow whole like theres been a ceasefire agreement between the Free Syrian Army and isis, put out by isis. Does that surprise you sometimes. Senator. [ laughter ] sometimes. Doesnt surprise you, got you. No. No. No. Senator mccain i would like to ask you is there any information you have swallowed hook line and sinker like wmd in iraq. Theres all kinds of things we can point out when it comes to who has the correct information. Bottom line is we are about to put more arms in syria, would be nice to know whose arms they are going to. Senator mccain i would love to go face to face with you on that issue. This is breaking news, the house just passed the syrian rebel training authorization. Youre reaction. The house has voted. The republicans have stood in this partisan environment and the president will get the resources he needs to help the syrian moderates out. Your thoughts. This is something that doesnt happen very long. President doesnt enjoy this bipartisan very often. Im in san francisco. Home of nancy pelosi john boehner, also in favor, overwhelming numbers support this. But the house legislation holds the administration, the executive, to a tight leash, it only lasts until the end of this year. It requires reporting back from the president. It is very concern not to let the arms were giving to the resistance fighters slip into the hands of islamic fundamentalist. That is a real risk. I thi i think stepping up quickly to support at least the training portion of this fight is the right thing. Thats part of the reason 62 of the American People are afraid of the rise of islamic fundamentalists that they are seeing over the last month and support the president s action. So the people, the congress, and the executive are in perfect alignment at this point, something very rare over the last few years. I want to go back again to senator corker going back and forth with kerry. He asked what arab countries will have boots on the ground. Secretary kerry wouldnt answer that directly and desfferred to private meeting they have to have for security reasons to reveal that. Some may say the administration doesnt have a plan. Oranges may conclude that this coalition is so fragile that the details cant be revealed. And of course kerry spoke to a general who is working on it at this hour. Whats your take on this. Is this coalition fragile or so tight isis doesnt going to know whats going to come at them. I think is a coalition in formation. Some of the countries are hesitant to commit to this. Some afraid of siding too hard against isil will strength the shiite forces including the state of iran. So there is real hesitation here. And the executive branch has the delicate task of coaxing some of the sunni leaders into the battle. Not often you see a prop, the prop today was the front in page of the wall street journal and the intpoint being made by secretary of state was, look at the progress. Do you think it is real or phony . I take it as people who dont get together for tea whats your response. Exactly right. When you see a sunni arab leader embracing the shiite leadership of iraq and standing with them, thats a demonstration of the kind of Coalition Building you needed. It means money, resources, air power, can you translate that to arab boots on the ground. Thats the task the administration has. The congress did the right thing today supporting this activity. Ah all right. Thank you for your time tonight here on the ed show. I appreciate it. Now we turn to minnesota vikings, coming up well have the latest developments in the case against star running back Adrian Peterson and another politician wants to test welfare recipients. Or if light could seek out the dark . What would happen if that happens . 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Adrian peterson is off the field again. I want to change an e to an a. Id rather have patterson right now. Its 110 shirt. The products are something people cant get enough of. We value our partners, our response yoor sponsors, the community and especially our fans. People are making so much money and yet we still make the profit. The nfl may be at risk of losing some fons sporesponseore. The nfl is basically invinceable. The story america is talking about is about Adrian Peterson. This story will make vikings fans forget they lost four superbowls. This just wont go away, will it. New major developments out of the nfl vikings announced star running back Adrian Peterson is going to be suspended, indefinitely in fact. He cant even go to lunch or practice. Technically he is on an exempt commissioners permission list, which i never heard of, but it does exist and other players have been on it before. He will continue to get paid. The nfl praised the vikings decision today saying this. Okay. Peterson was charged friday with felony injury to his fouryearold chield who he allegedly beat repeatedly with a tree boranch. The vikings pulled a political move. This is the time line of their shaky decisionmaking. At roughly 4 15 eastern time friday he was indicted by a grand jury in texas. My question, what did the vikings know about the grand jury going on, or nothing. At 7 00 vikings announced peterson would be benched against the pailgtriots. That didnt go good for them. The vikings lost to the patriots. 307. Cant have that any more. So next the vikings reinstated him saying the Legal Process will just play out. Throughout the day on tuesday, sponsors began putting pressure on the vikings and the National Football league and then in the middle of the night 1 58 a. M. , the vikings announced that peterson would again be suspended. Pressure from sponsors, no doubt, had a major impact on their final decision. Earlier today vikings owner zygi wilf admitted that the vikings messed one up big time. We have given this issue much thought and consideration since last friday. We have decided that the appropriate course of action for the organization and for adrian is to put him on the exempt list until the Legal Proceedings are complete. We made a mistake. And we needed to get this right. It is important to always listen to our fans, the community, and our sponsors. To be clear, we have a strong the stance regarding the protection and welfare of children. And we want to be sure we get this right. Key phrase in there, i this i, is its important that we always listen to our sponsors. It wasnt the fans or the community, it was the sponsors. Before the sponsors started dropping, this is what the vikings were saying. Based on the extent of information that we have right now, and what we know about adrian not only as a person but what he has also done for this community, we believe he deserves to play while the Legal Process plays out. At the same time, we must defer to the legal system to determine whether he went too far. But we cannot make that judgment. Okay. Because of what he has done for the organization, and what hes done for the community, well let the Legal Process play out. Now if he was lousy Football Player he would be out of here and it would be a very serious situation. They are unguided missile in the front office of the vikings. In fact they may even change their night after tonight. On tuesday radisson and Anheuser Busch announcing they will drop sponsorship. There was an investigation going on for months and they of course didnt know about is it. I mean, look. Goodell and the nfl seem to have a hard time deciding whats more important, having a moral compass or a real good bank account and a fat salary himself. This guy is much a problem as he has caused and the amount of leadership he has failed to show he still doesnt have it within him to say, you know what, maybe the league should have someone else. Get your phones out. Tonights question. Does the nfl care more about its sponsors or fans. Text a for sponsors or b to fans to 67222. We will bring you the results later in the show. For more let me bring in National Sports columnist at university of miami. Terry oneill and talk show host in minneapolis. Jim, you first tonight. What are the vikings doing . Do they have a includclue . I read your article that laid if out profoundly how misguided they are. And this was before, what do you make of their moves. They dont really know what theyre doing. The amazing thing is they have had more arrests than any team in the nfl. They have had numerous off field embarrassments, including the love boat scandal that caused zygi wilf to say will he crack down on people who dont behave right in their organization. And they still dont know how to manage crisis. Its the nfl, they dont know how to manage violent acts. I think they panicked on friday. I think they deactivated sunday because they didnt know how logistics would play out. I dont think they knew what to do. It was their way of calling time out. And then they watched the team get beat by 23 points and said we need this guy on the field. So they made that unconionable decision on monday but that is the way the nfl works and when sponsors started selling out they panicked and realized that more advertisers would be pulling out if they se they would continue to play Adrian Peterson on sunday. And they made the third panic move, finally got it right, decided to reactivate Adrian Peterson. Im not sure he will ever play for the vikings again. Really. You think he is done for the vieks. What is the callers saying. Honestly as a sports columnist, usually you right about superficial subjects with superficial responses, ive never had such an outpouring of emails an