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Without grabbing the resources of those we defeated. and donald trump made a point of emphasis in this campaign, saying we should have kept the oil. so a couple clear shots there, but colonel jack, what did you make of that? >> one thing to keep in mind is that dropping bombs on people is exactly the strategy this president's used. doesn't make it a bad thing. it's been very, very successful, as a matter of fact. targeted strikes on the infrastructure of isis has paid big dividends and he said so himself. what we're relying on is the training of indigenous forces to hold on to what we give the...

Teaming up with donald trump, condemning barack obama. there it was, that was rhethe retirement ceremony from 2014, and his political activism in the two and a half years since then culminating in that republican convention appearance, leading to some controversy. you had chairs of the joint chiefs mike pennington. you had mike mullen saying that is not something he should have been doing, that mike flynn should have been doing. but now again the reporting suggests he may well be donald trump's selection to be his -- there you go, that is the mike mullen op-ed from the "washington post." anywa...

>> we don't have time to go into the long game, but finally, what would be considered a success? >> well, getting isis just out of the area, but more significantly, it's always easier to take the objective than it is to hold on to it. the iraqis have trained 25,000 policemen to go in there and establish order once the -- once isis is gone. it will be a success if iraq is able to hold on to mosul and to establish a viable government and people who can defend it against any future possible attacks, sheinelle. >> if you look into your crystal ball, are we saying a year, two-year, ten years? >> we...

Perimeter of mosul and move in, they're going to run into a huge civilian population and a terrorist organization that is no stranger to using civilians as human shields, sheinelle. >> scary to think about. nbc's matt bradley, thank you. i want to bring in medal of honor recipient and msnbc military analyst, colonel jack jaco jacobs. thank you for talking with us this afternoon. >> thank you. >> how does iraq and its allies avoid the mass killings we're hearing about, 284 men and boys? that is heart-breaking and then just yesterday, 67 killed in attacks in kerr kuk. >> we saw it in 19868 in ...

I think that the establishment would like to -- is convinced that it needs to extract whatever it's going to extract from him, insofar as he has left his buddies in the lurch in the middle of a combat zone. among the worst possible things you can do. it's -- if you talk to anybody who's spent anytime in combat, with no more information than what you told them, they would think that he's a reprehensible creature. no, not surprised at all. >> colonel jack jacobs, always good to see you. >> you too. ahead on this super tuesday, new poll numbers tonight reveal an emerging story line in the repub...