Air defense zone a few hours before departing. wednesday the u.s. did note scramble any planes. last night two f-22 stealth fighter jet were intercepted the bear bombers. the jets in both incidents remained in international airspace. it s not known how close they came to mainland alaska. on syria, switching over that topic what are we hearing from the pentagon that we need to know about this? that tempt to retack raqqa, the isis capitol is ramping up along with pressure on the assad regime. at a press conference, jim mattis had a message about assad s chemical weapons. there s no doubt in the international community s mind that syria has retained chemical weapons in violation of its agreement. and its statement that it removed them all.
Rich edson has more. this has a lot of implications for the united states, rich. in what way? it will. there s a substantial security relationship between the united states and france. this could redefine the way france interacts with the united states, with the european union and redefine what europe is. the state department said that france and the united states work together to counter isis on the iran nuclear deal. france is a permanent member of the u.n. security council, a member of nato, the north atlantic treaty organization and nuclear armed. of the top four candidates in france right now, two have openly discussed redefining or talking about the relationship with the european union, france s relationship with nato. two of the four want a stronger french military so they don t have to rely on nato and the u.s. military. three are talking about a closer relationship with russia and opposing sanctions against
I know the white house is working hard, the pentagon is working hard on that strategy. that s a key piece. military isis days are numbers. are they close to reaching that day then based on the strategy and the coordination? are we going to come across a headline within a month that says just that? i think you re going to within months you ll see from a military standpoint that both raqqa and mosul have fallen. again, who occupies them? the turks have been very clear that it can t be the kurds. they backed a number of arab forces. it s that piece i don t know that we want a large number of u.s. boots on the ground. so it s who occupies and who keeps the peace post the fall of isis. terrific analysis. thank you, colonel. we ll look for that headline. michael waltz in washington. coming up, how president and the white house helped make a handshake happen.
One place. we are fighting people all over the world who can go anywhere. if we tried to win this war on the cheap or we try to do it with the, quote, light footprint, we are making a huge mistake. when all of us were in grade school, one thing we all knew, the bully never picked on the kid except for the weak one. he never picked on the kid he knew could whip him. we need to make sure we have the military isis recognizes and every radical islamist in the world recognizes. they may start the fight, but we, by god, will finish the fight. it will be their rear ends on the ground not ours, when it s all over, whether it takes 10 days, 10 months for 10 eternities, we are going to win this fight. senator santorum? i m committed to whatever is necessary, understanding the nature of the enemy. the enemy is a theocracy. their lure is their theocracy. it s their doctrine.
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