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talk about all of those different responses, thanks, so much. we want to turn to peter barnhart he s our cnn commentator and leiutenant general military analyst and commanding general of the u.s. army europe and 7th army. great to see both of you this morning. so let s talk about what ash carter said. because these have been the strongest comments to date about what went wrong in ramadi. for our viewers, let s remind them what the secretary said. listen to this. what apparently happened was that the iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. they were not outnumbered. in fact they vastly outnumbered the opposing force. so peter what do you think of his comments saying they lost the will to fight? i think the larger problem is a political problem. right. you have a shia-dominated government in iraq and you have sunni forces we are relying on ....
Inspired the movie a beautiful mind, was killed along with his wife in a car accident over the weekend. his work and struggle with schizophrenia was in the winning film. russell crowe played him. the nobel prize winner was 86-years-old. certainlily sad. still he could have gone on. let s go now to inside politics on new day with john king. i hope you had a relaxing weekend, john. so far, so good beautiful weather in d.c. i hope you ladies are back at work. somebody is missing. happy memorial day to you. as we go inside politics joining us molly wall robert kosta, let s pick up on the fallout from the breaking news this morning, ash carter one of the problems in ramadi and iraq more broadly, the iraqis are not ....
this is new day with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. good morning, everyone. welcome back to your new day. it is monday may 25th, memorial day. 8:00 in the east. chris is off this morning. up first the most public sign yet of the lack of confidence the u.s. has in iraqi troops to fight isis. defense secretary ash carter exclusively telling cnn iraqi fighters could have done more to keep the terror group from taking control of the key city of ramadi. the iraqi forces just showed now will to fight. they were not outnumbered. they vastly outnumbered the opposing force and yet they failed to fight. they withdrew from the site. and that says to me and i think to most of us that we have an issue with the will of the iraqis. well the iraqi prime minister ....
Isis control. the iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. they were not outnumbered. in fact they vastly outnumbered the opposing force and yet they failed to fight, they withdrew from the site and that says to me and i this i to most of us that we have an issue with the will of the iraqis. well the iraqi prime minister quickly pushed back on carter s comments. we will tell you about those in a moment. where does the fight against isis stand in a moment. it stands with jim acosta. he is at the white house, what are you hearing? good morning, alisyn. as president obama is set to remember the nation s fallen soldiers on this memorial day, his plan for dealing isis is coming under scrutiny. asked about defense secretary ash carter s very candid comments a white house official said the president also said last week the iraqis have to ....