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I know the administration is talking about adding about 1,000 to syria, and with the numbers that we have on the ground, both in iraq as well as a fight that is going on in yemen, we are getting very close to that number. the reality is, if we are going to defeat isis, it requires that we provide support for the iraqis. we are making gains in mosul. we need to make gains in raqqa. what we have to do if we are serious about defeating isis is, we have got to move them out of the area and the territory that they were able to acquire.ry we have got to get rid of the caliphate. >> bill: now, our mi...

Appointing the exxon ceo. >> what do you say to that? >> i think i have a lot to say about that. i think donald trump is putting in individuals who are fires. they are agents of change. they are individuals who know how to handle complex bure yauk ra yaukeracies. they understand donald trump's mandate which is that of insuring that it's not politics as usual, that the bureiocracy is not in charge. we are going to see fundamental change within the government in washington, d.c. i think that is very powerful. i think the fact that he is putting in successful business men, generals, individuals w...

During vietnam. in my day, we're afraid to speak around the water cooler. because of all the political plants inside the pentagon who keep their ear to the ground, and almost in a -- i don't know, almost like in a stalin esque atmosphere where you're expected to speak and to think according to a certain world view. well, not every person who wears a uniform adheres to that world view. and so they're muzzled, their bosses are muzzled. their ability to send a plan to the president with a plan b is jefrb generated because the white house said gentlemen, if it's boots on the ground, a plan b, it w...

Thinking on the president's part. isis is different than any organization we have ever been against, even al qaeda. why is it different? it's different because it is a nation state. it is a de facto country. they have the dirt, they have the ground. they have the infrastructure. schools and banks and oil wells, and it is -- to compare them to any organization other than the taliban before 9/11 is really sophomoric. the president has to deal with the fact that we are at war with the de facto nation and we have to use all of the power that the united states possesses to prevent this from coming ...

Right, i get it. this is malignant, wishful thinking on the president's part. isis is different than any organization we have ever been against, even al qaeda. why is it different? it's different because it is a nation state. it is a de facto country. they have the dirt, they have the ground. they have the infrastructure. schools and banks and oil wells, and it is -- to compare them to any organization other than the taliban before 9/11, it's really sophomoric. the president has to deal with the fact that we are at war with the de facto nation and we have to use all of the power that the unite...