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Terrorism coming out of that general region, within 12, 24, 46 months -- 36 months, and we're going to monitor that. the challenge for us now, for the military and cia and intelligence services is we have got to execute what people have referred to as over the horizon counterterrorism activity. that will be more difficult than having bases on the ground. but it is possible to do it. we're going to have to maintain very very intense levels of indicators and warnings and observation and isr over that entire region. we will have to re-establish some human intelligence networks, etc., and then as ...

Security threat to us right now? >> yes, it is. i believe that you have to be able to articulate to the american people that anywhere that islamic jihadists and these terrorists want to establish a sanctuary, which is exactly what the taliban did, when we allowed them to take power after the russians with drew as part of the afghan civil war, they invited in al qaeda and they established a base. now we know that al qaeda is bleeding people over to isis because there are certain jihadists that don't think al qaeda is strong enough. >> how is that different from areas like in nigeria where boko ...

What the u.s. has been doing? they're rushing new weapons over. they've been quote/unquote bolstering the government. you have new leadership in there. you have more support for the iraqi forces. when they pack up and flee from somewhere, what do you do? >> well first of all, we really have not executed and resourced what we say we're doing. let's be clear about that. talking the game and doing it are two different things. what we need is, you know, probably two brigades an aviation brigade and additional strike operations to seize the initiative and bolster the iraqi security forces and more ...

And i get it. i don't even see, i think that we really should reach out to the world. i mean i think. >> absolutely. >> there are ways that we can sort of share the responsibility and we can be meeting with president olan. the president can meet with the president of france. german chancellor angela merkel. david cammeron. >> president al ceasey of egypt. the united arab emirates. all of them are looking for someone that will step up and lead. we should take that role and responsibility. >> just get everybody together and start talking. show them the pictures. when you look at the pictures and...

Best work. this is really inappropriate. and i think so dangerous from a national security and foreign policy message. if you you were in charge, you're president of the united states, what would you do, colonel, come with these decisions, start with afghanistan? >> well, first and foremost, i would move away from this sense of nation building and occupation style warfare. we would be focused on strike operations. there are four real strategic imperatives. go after ideology through a dedicated information operation. we would cut off his support of man material and financial support. and last b...