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The premise seemed to be that this region was somehow disconnected from pressing global events. i could not disagree more. this region's not a distraction from the world's central challenges, like terrorism. the asia-pacific is absolutely critical to promoting security, prosperity and human dignity around the world. >> that was president obama speaking earlier this morning from malaysian where he responded directly to critics of his choice to remain abroad as terror attacks have heightened security concerns here in the united states. the president returns today to the u.s. where he faces scrut...

Journey. asia is important, as julian just said. china is the lead trading partner of most of the asian economies. the united states has to get a greater stake in the political economy game in asia but also the south china sea and the creation of these islands by the chinese. it's a security concern. and so -- >> but they're already talking about there wasn't enough tough language to say china, back off, china, back off. >> well, this is where i think when you talk about a void and the noise filling that void, the president needs to appear less reactive and get ahead of the curve with a grand ...

Would that be an inaccurate description? >> i think of it as a containable virus. it is a virus. temperatures the ideology. the ideology itself is viral and it affects a population that's is susceptible to that. as we say in terrorism, the criminals, the crusaders and the crazies. however, this is not -- this is a continuum. we have been faced with this threat for almost 30 years. it's just that those of us in the intelligence profession, we've seen these waves come and go. 1990s, the year 2000, 9/11 being the high-water mark. it waned. then the invasion of iraq literally killed thousands of a...

Success of another group. it's just that there is now a competition for the global jihadi movement which of course stemmed from al qaeda and al qaeda's operatives in somalia and the islam ic, they feel the are not getting the press or getting the resources and the money that actually comes with them, much less the manpower for jihadis who want to join them. it is incumbent upon them to carry out more and more sophisticated attacks that are more brazen an daring. and after "charlie hebdo," it is very possible that isis thought why are we not doing attacks of this magnitude? >> we are paying suc...

Rhetoric over so long, while he's been out there, he's trying to really be the calmer in chief say, look, we have a plan, we have a coalition, we've had over 8,000 air strikes militarily, but don't blow this out of proportion anymore. which really reflects his entire thinking of the use of force, of the use of the military and the ability to fight to victory somehow against isis, against ideology. there's a lot more to come. i i'm very curious to see what happens when obama gets back, when this momentum toward a global coalition starts to build, what type of political change and leadership -- ...