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Denial of reality. >> yes. >> today the pentagon, as we have over a dozen guy there's surrounded by the enemy. our producer asked the pentagon spokesperson it kind of seems like combat. i realize the president declares that this war is over. it kind of seems like combat. and they denied it, pete. they actually tried -- they said well, we know it's dangerous. but they're still denying that we have combat operations going on there. >> they've lived in a wordsmith alternate reality for a long time now. a year ago they declared combat operations over. and you ask a guy like brandon webb whether or...

Soldier killed. two other americans wounded in an operation, a combat operation, along with some afghan special operations forces. now, the explanation from the pentagon and over in afghanistan is that those special operations forces, the americans, were in a train, advise and assist mode. but they were involved in combat which appears to violate the president -- president obama's all rules of engagement for u.s. troops in afghanistan. after all, they were withdrawn from the combat operations last january. more than a year ago. but officials here insisted that they still have -- that they were...

The details are not clear, but it was one heck of a firefight as we learned here at the pentagon when officials told us that when two medevac helicopters, air force medevac helicopters approached the scene, one was waved off because of heavy ground fire, and a second one on the landing, apparently its rotor clipped a wall of some kind, so it's damaged, cannot be removed from the scene. but there's still some question as to why those special operations forces were involved in a combat operation. and those answers have not yet been satisfactorily provided. and this comes on the heels of a pentag...

When they came under heavy fire and there are some wounded under american special operations forces. an american medevac helicopter was called in and settled down on the ground, but while it was on the ground, at least the vicinity around the helicopter then came under heavy mortar and enemy small arms fire. it is not clear that the helicopter was struck. it may remain grounded because of the intense fire in the region. but again, details still sketchy. exact numbers of killed or wounded are not available yet. but regrettably, it appears that there have been american casualties, some dead, som...

Boots on the ground, air strikes aren't going to cut it. air strikes are only going to -- we'll see more of the paris-style attacks, would the u.s. participate? >> well, alisyn be with the president a few weeks ago did make an announcement of a small deployment of fewer than 50 special operations forces on the ground inside of syria. they are not there in a combat role but are there to offer advice and assistance to local forces on the ground with whom we have had success in cooperating. and who are taking the fight to isil on the ground inside their own country. alisyn, the president does not...