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Recruits? this will make it even easier still. i don't think the russians thought that through very well. >> diplomatic problem for a lot of countries. >> huge military problem, too. >> ambassador ford, general, thanks so much for being with us. we'll be back right after a break. much more coverage coming up. join us as we celebrate eddie's retirement, and start planning your own.
One general banging on the door of the u.s. embassy in baghdad and saying "don't fly your planes." right now what the russians have done is create an exquisite military problem for u.s. pilots. what has to happen now, officials say, there are going to have to be so-called rules of engagement. if u.s. pilots flying in syrian airspace, and they will continue to fly, if they encounter russian aircraft, what are the rules of the road? if they feel threatened, even inadvertently, let's say the russians are making the mistake, they don't understand it's a u.s. aircraft, what are the rules of the roa...
Government. that tells us that the fundamental problem in iraq today that has enabled so much of isis expansion is a political problem. not a military problem. at a basic level you don't fix iraqi politics by training iraqi troops. so we've got to have a much more comprehensive long term diplomatic and political strategy to defeat isis. we've got to be talking about how to defeat isis on social media, not just in the hideouts in iraq and syria. so we have a lot of work to do. if this revelation is a call to attention here, that we need a serious strategy against isis and we haven't had one to ...
They necessarily felt they were handcuffed in the operations. >> i want to ask you about the training of iraqi troops but baugher bar braush ra what is the bashbut at various points there have been no iraqis in certain bases to even train. this has been a huge problem. so they're hoping at this point that they can get more of them to come in but this goes to whatport jane and mark are saying the political will of the iraqi government. this is actually not a military problem, it's a political problem to a large extent with the government in iraq to get them to get their troops into the training...
The game if you will. and there is now a greater effort. i think, look whenever the uk comes in from a military point of view it gives you more muscle, more capacity more intelligence, more bombs. it doesn't mean you'll have more boots on the ground and it doesn't mean you'll have a game changing situation. but, you know having great britain in this is a positive thing. but you have to realize that what's going on here is not just a military game. it's that many sunnis throughout the middle east feel as if they don't have anyone representing and fighting for their interests. and, thus that is ...