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Saying to the u.s. they are giving us fighter jets. they are basically running the xilvet equivalent of a couple of cessnas and what the iraqi air force is reduced to. they can't run the air force strikes. maliki doesn't want to take sides and seem to use the american air force and air power to reaffirm maliki's status so they are hoping for a real government so they can then organize a real plan for air strikes along the syrian border and try to get to the supply lines and try to get at isis before it's too late, but as long as maliki is there, they are afraid to do it. >> a big question abou...

Isis responded by saying any sunni who doesn't join us is now our enemy. >> richard, the political versus the military solutions here, the parliament convened for i think half an hour. maliki has said that they have to solve the isis threat before talking about politics. many opposition groups disagree with that approach. do we have any sense on -- those are obviously competing but interrelated interests. do we have any sense which goes first, whether there's a practical reality there? >> reporter: a lot of this goes down to the personality of nouri al maliki. he's prime minister here. he's be...

Forces to confront isis for effectively. >> intense and sustained what does that mean. >> those are strong words. i think given what it means is essentially american intelligence and american military operations experts wilkon duct the iraqi armed forces in a countering offense they will try to organize to retake these towns because leadership of the iraqi army is incompetent and essentially has fallen apart. the most important word in that statement by john kerry was a two little word "if." if the iraqis get their act together he's telling them then our aid will be effective. it's that "if" t...

Midst. and the south is just trying to figure out how it can hold on to power. things here are in a state of collapse, and when things are collapsing, you blame the authorities. and they are blaming maliki. the question is, and this is what we are hearing from sources close to the political negotiations, maliki doesn't really want to go anywhere. maliki wants to ride this out, and if you look what might happen over the next few days, he might win. maliki is incredibly unpopular now because the situation is terrible. you can imagine if this was the united states, what the president's approval r...

Things here are in a state of collapse, and when things are collapsing, you blame the authorities. and they are blaming maliki. the question is, and this is what we are hearing from sources close to the political negotiations, maliki doesn't really want to go anywhere. maliki wants to ride this out, and if you look what might happen over the next few days, he might win. maliki is incredibly unpopular now because the situation is terrible. you can imagine if this was the united states, what the president's approval ratings would be. they would be minus 1,000. if the united states was ever in a ...