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To have to have the coalition put in some major bombing in there to allow reinforcements to get in there if they can. right now, the iraqis just have so many going in different directions. they have to pick a main effort and go that way. >> here's one of the problems i see, i've spoken to a lot of military analysts on the situation, the iraqi military is a huge military at least 300,000 troops half of them, though don't show up they simply run away and when they do show up they can't deal with a few thousand isis fighters who come in take control of a city like mosul, 2 millen there. they aban...

Sense of the capabilities of the iraqi security forces right now? as there were some reporting in "the new york times" there was very limited air power that they have. where does it stand? >> the iraqi security forces are -- don't really have an offensive capability. and i've been hearing from some of the same sources as "the new york times" on this. and as i've been hearing this, talking to both iraqi commanders, iraqi politicians, u.s. officials, i wonder, how did this happen? the u.s. spent $25 billion and years and gave lives to build up the iraqi security forces. how is it that they are m...

Congress has to decide. militarily we could go back in. the surge worked. obviously we have the military might and power but the country as a whole has to decide do we want to send 100,000 troops in or we willing to have 4,500 young americans die to save a city like mosul that the shiites won't even save, that they've fled. >> what does rand paul think at this point? >> no ground troops. i think that we -- >> i think most everybody agrees. how about air strikes? >> i think we need to see what the shiites are willing to do to defend themselves. if the shiites aren't willing to fight for their c...

War. >> but you think it is a good idea? >> well, this is an incredibly important point. reagan doctrine for how we go to war is that under have a consensus of the people. have af the people.y have a consensus of the people.o have a consensu of the people.u have a consensus of the people.s have consensus of the people.h have consensus of the people.ou have consensus of the people.ld have consensus of the people. congress has to decide. militarily we could go back in. the surge worked. obviously we have the military might and power but the country as a whole has to decide do we want to send 100...

Save a city like mosul that the shiites won't even save? >> reporter: president obama defended his decision. >> what we can't do is think that we're just going to play whack-a-mole and send u.s. troops occupying various countries wherever these organizations pop up. >> reporter: iraq's airstrikes don't seem to be enough. isis militants cap tatured two e towns near the syrian border. let's talk about why that's a concern. it's because having those strongholds right on the border of iraq and syria, it gives the militants a better supply line of people and equipment into iraq. so that's a concern...