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Russians, you can't -- you can't pursue your strategy so easily. there's going to be an alternative. not isis and not assad when all of this stops. so that's very important diplomatic move. >> is that going to be enough? >> don't know if it's going to be enough. the effort is advisers could carry shoulder-fired ant anti-aircraft missiles in case the russian aircraft came over and started bombing near them. that's a -- that would be a big step forward and it certainly hasn't been said but if you were the russians, you would have to be thinking about this and you would have to decide do you pull...

A direct quote but here's what i wrote down. an approximation. there's no announcement about further u.s. troops in iraq today and then used today again. basically, what we're hearing, not ruling out the possibility that there could be further troops going in. are you hearing anymore about that? >> reporter: well, you know, u.s. senior military officials have sold us that they realize that the current strategy, air strikes alone primarily, train and assist a little bit, but is not working. either in iraq or syria. that the war against isis and both countries is at a stalemate and something els...

In their own country. that's the responsibility that they have. that's the mission that the commander-in-chief has given them. on an operational basis in terms of where they will be operating, with whom they are partnering, i think for pretty obvious reasons those are not details we can get to in public. >> i want to get back to what christian was asking about which is i want to have a moment of clarity. >> that's the reason i'm here. the question that the american people have which is this president, this white house, the officials here at this it white house have repeatedly over and over aga...

Isis has gained some ground. but he's also responding to the fact that vladimir putin has taken the initiative in syria and the u.s. looks like it's doing nothing. in fact, i would think that we could probably credit putin as much for this decision as we could obama. it also has the effect, of course, of providing a little more engagement for the u.s. that they can then use as leverage in the talks right now in vienna to try to move towards a political solution which after all is secretary kerry's primary objective. >> you brought up the next point to ask about. the potential leverage to secre...

Fonled that the islamic state is not the j.v. team, and it is not to destroy the islamic states, and there have not been enough in peshmerga, and authorities to conduct the at tamt tacks ta have been limited f. we want to reach the goal, we have to match the resources to that goal. >> and the president is authorizing today is a step in the right direction, but albeit from your perspective, a limited step. you want a whole lot more, and combat troops in syria to help the kurdish fighters ash and the moderate syrian rebels to get the job done against isis? >> well, wolf, in the end, the conditio...