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Would only repeat past mistakes. the president was visibly annoyed that a strategy was even questioned. >> why can't we take out these pa pa bastards. >> we can retake territory and as long as we leave our troops there, we can hold it. but that does not solve the underlying problem of eliminating that dynamics that are producing these kinds of violent extremist groups. >> reporter: the president also defended the assessment he made just days before the attacks in france, that isis had been contained. maintaining the terrorist army has lost ground. he denied that he misjudged isis from the star...