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Appetite of the american people to put boots on ground back in iraq in a combat role. does the president's administration and actions fall short of the rhetoric? >> i have great deal of respect for ken pollack and that's within terninterpretation. i believe we're talking about a military offensive and what form do we play in that no combat enduring offensive action on the ground. but also communications strategy, i think that's a place where we must and could do better. they had been very successful with social media recruiting from scores of country fighters that come in and help them. and so...

It's pretty understandable that iraqi forces got shaken. i don't think that's what secretary carter was talking about. i think secretary carter was talking about the will of the government of iraq to be strong enough to show the kinds of leadership and the kinds of internal cohesion that's necessary here. >> we have heard the president. we have heard the secretary of state say that the iraqis have to step up. but see what we are seeing, is there the sense of frustration that the u.s. has to do more and the white house is closing the door on doing more? >> yes. i think anybody watching this has...

Terms of the raid and the capture of umm sayyaf and of course the kill of her husband. elizabeth. >> all right, thank you very much. leeland. for perspective, we turn to john hanna senior counselor for defense democracies, former national security adviser to former vice president dick cheney. it sounds an awful lot like boots on the ground something the president said wasn't going to happen. >> it does lee lan, it looks like a shift in the u.s. approach. so far, we know special forces are in iraq. special forces have been training iraqis. they've been calling in some air strikes. but to have...

Seven others wounded by the gunman who was wearing an afghan military uniform. with more here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: since the official end of its combat role in afghanistan, u.s. troops rarely travel outside of the security of american bases but these u.s. soldiers were in the rest of town of jalalabad protecting an american diplomate, meeting with a local governor. it was after the diplomate departed the meeting by helicopter when his security detail traveling in a military convoy was attacked. the shooter dressed in an afghan military uniform opening fire at close range from a...

Put this coalition together. >> it appears to be pretty big. it stretches from morocco to pakistan. why are so many countries so concerned about this rebel group that a few weeks ago most people have never heard of. >> it is backed by iran. they perceive this as an attempt by iran to dominate the region. to be honest with you, they're not wrong. saudi arabia in particular terribly concerned about these rebels moving across the very porous border from yemen to saudi arabia. that's where they are trying to act now. >> do you see the u.s. getting back on the ground in yemen as part of the coaliti...