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Americans died in 2016. u.s. backed forces say they have taken back raqqa in syria. but american commanders say this battle is not finished. we're live at the pentagon straight ahead. hi i'm joan lunden.
Have to think about isis as a monster. if you cut off its head, it could grow in its place. i went to a pentagon leaving last month when they said it might not be the final battle. if these anti-isis forces take back raqqa, they go find another territory to claim. you have to think about leadership in the same way. even if their leader is killed, another leader will come in its place. >> eric: cell, kat, you and i may not agree with as. we just do not need to be fighting a war, this might not be one of them. what about the americans that killed al-baghdadi allegedly, it's the russians. >> the ...
Ballistic capabilities that could strike us with a nuclear warhead, which is big to us. could see a willingness through means to shoot down the next launch and say no more. we will not tolerate your ability to test. that's one avenue beyond diplomacy. in syria, he doesn't get dragged in. they have more or less acknowledged that they're not growing to try to take off the head of the snake and run into a direct confrontation with russia. they will arm the rebels fighting isis. crushing isis his focus and taking back raqqa. it's still a complicated situation. it doesn't mean that we're looking at...