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Militias,. >> the details we're hearing now about the way that they captured the city even though iraqi forces outnumbered them ten to one, remarkable and chilling. do you think there's a real chance of baghdad falling to isis? >> i do not. i think principally because of the shia malitias who are very ingrained in the baghdad area. secondly because despite what we saw the failures of ramadi and a couple of other engagements prior to that there are still probably 20 to 40,000 iraqi troops in and around baghdad who can fight quite capably. i think what you saw in ramadi is the enemy gets a vote....

What will be a next iraq war, a re-invasion, a kind of quicksand that we have found ourselves in before. >> sure. chris, let me lay out for you what this is and what this is not. no one is talking about combat troops on the ground. troops on the ground. the president made that clear last friday. but we take the security and the safety of our men and women serving overseas in baghdad, everywhere around the world, very seriously. and we take every precaution. we made an announcement yesterday about plans to move some of our staff who are currently based in baghdad to other parts of iraq and to n...

Possibility of the embassy in baghdad falling? >> look, chris, we are focused on analyzing day by day. that is not what we're looking at. not what we have our eyes on at this moment, but i can promise you that we evaluate what is best for the men and women who serve on a daily basis. now, i will -- the important point here is that our ambassadors on the ground, our senior team is on the ground engaging closely with the iraqis. they met with prime minister maliki today. they're engaged with a range of groups and our work is continuing and our operations are ongoing. >> with respect to discussio...

The iraqi defense. it's not really clear whether there is actually iranian forces there specifically. that seems to have been overstated. but, yeah, you got a situation where we both share an interest and the interest is preventing baghdad from falling. the interest is in preventing the maliki government from falling. the maliki government would prefer to have u.s. help than iranian help but take it whoever they get it and we find ourselves in -- >> why do you say that? >> sorry? >> because it seems to me that the iraqis, too many of the iraqis are playing footsiys with the iranians. maliki ha...

>> joining my panel now is michael eric dyson, msnbc political analyst and professor at georgetown university and dorian warren, associate professor of international affairs at columbia university. before i pull everybody in, i want to ask for a response, the same question i asked the congresswoman about our responsibilities to those of you who served as we are looking at the possibility of baghdad falling. >> well, one thing, when this all volunteer military, all of us joined to be patriots, or for most of us, especially the infantrymen who are doing the fighting. they volunteered twice, once...