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With it. >> he's saying the hell with it, let them sort it out. we've spent a lot of lives and friends who then become enemies, enemies that become friends. we don't need that. >> radical islam is on the rise, and russia has some limited interest in it because of their southern border. but we have got to be involved in this. our strategy is completely inferior to being able to achieve the desired end. you know we have problems. the american people know we have problems and we're taking half hearted measures and we're failing. if we continue with the strategy we have, we'll lose. that's the rea...

Level, these guys could do it. you give them the right equipment. and now with american aircraft 60 to 100 miles away they can respond almost instantly. we can keep counts up there a lot. we don't have to worry about a lot of refueling tankers. you could do this but i still think there's too much of a lack of ground power. >> very quickly, last point i want to make here and get your take on this. this is a very complicated fight right now. there are so many different factions. calling in airstrikes is very complicated. isn't there a huge risk whoever these moderate rebels are, they call in an ...

If you look at what is going on in ramadi. population centers like ramadi are very difficult for air power to really tackle the isis challenge. you need support of the ground forces there. that has been very difficult and very complex situation there in anbar. sunni province. and government forces, shiia. air power alone cannot really, is not enough in the fight against isis as we hatch seen in anbar. >> yes, something you have been telling us. we see the effects of the lack of air strikes and the lack of ground power there in iraq. we know you will continue to be on top of this story from jor...

Asked. cnn correspondent ian lee now joins me from cairo with the latest on this. ian, it just seems unreal that we've had all of this conflict in syria and iraq that is so xlexz and now we have yemen. and we have iran and saudi arabia involved and now egypt. >> reporter: well, natalie, this is unprecedented for egypt as well, to see this commitment for action in another country in this region. saudi arabia, though, asking for egypt for assistance in this. and egypt has come out full force, offering their air power, their naval power, and if needed their ground power. right now we know that at...

Enduring ground power. and you sit in a deposition and you see what the lawyers arguing over what the words mean and that is what they did as the brass quibbled over what is a ground operation. >> and that is with the possibility of mission creep. >> americans are concerned about isis and we've seen the brutality and the depths they will go and there is a view that we don't want to sign on to a long-term ground war like in iraq. and so far what republicans are saying is, it is fine the president requested this authority but he shouldn't put the limit on it. but if they are going to pass anythi...