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Constraints on war that were put on place in the 20th century seemed to be eroding. >> ambassador, final thoughts. >> i think that charlie makes a very important point. this was one of the obstacles for barack obama taking further action, what was the legal basis for doing it. we, helping iraq to protect their boarder from isis and that was the legal theory there. but is there a theory of collective self-defense. but what really matters here is where is the president headed? there are a lot of people who believe that saudi arabia and rail are pushing donald trump to a war with iran by pulling ...

Is hearing from his national security council principals on this. we know that he's hearing from his cabinet with that meeting set to happen in an hour and 15 minutes from now. also going to be flaring members of congress i would assume, charlie. >> i think one of the elements that's been missing from this discussion is what senator kane among virginia and others might bring up which is what is the legal authority for the united states to get more involved in this war in the middle east? especially as a matter of law there's not going to be approval with russia exercising a veto. the u.s. does...

Year, given what he's now tweeted about this big price to pay, does he have any recourse other than to take military action now even if it is just a pin pick strike? >> i think he's put himself in a very difficult position. and the major reason he did that is because he has no strategy in the middle east. we don't know what the objectives are and what he's trying to achieve. he says we've taken care of isis, time to get out then we see a chemical strike. so, yes, i think is he pushed up against the wall to take significant "a" action, not just a pin pick. but as i think doug will probably poin...

But bottom line. how would you assess these eight years president obama's handling of the iraq situation? >> well, look, it's been rather mixed. president obama prevented an attack on the homeland. dealt with an incredibly difficult, complex worldwide situation. especially in the middle east. he did pull the troops out of the middle east, out of iraq, but the problem it -- the problem is he pulled out the troops and had no political plan to ensure the peace. a few year the later had to send the troops back and we're still there now. >> as the president-elect says to the creation or enhancement...

Government, by pulling out, not having a plan in place, a vacuum was created and isis exploited and became what it is today? >> here's the problem. trump talked about how we have to have more military action against terrorists. actually, the obama administration has been effective militarily against isis. they only occupy one city now in iraq. they've been dramatically reduced in their holds in syria. the problem is we need to have a political plan to ensure peace. trump gets it exactly wrong. the mistake obama made not so much pupping out the troops. after the surge we'd gotten military progr...