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Out. you hope the secularists, when in actuality we know who's filled that vacuum it's been al-qaeda, and from libya and syria trying to take down the regime in egypt. in algeria, mali, across the board they're on the roll and this administration refuses to acknowledge it it. >> brian: what's interesting, whether you agree with president bush or not, he had a freedom agenda, would put advisors on the ground or domestic forces and go in there in quick strike operations. what is this president's mission, is it all about drones with hell-fire missiles? >> it seems like, afghanistan we're headed f...

news. mission over, but hardly mission accomplished in iraq. >> so today i can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of the year. >> now president bush began the war in march 2003 with a dose of what the pentagon called shock and awe. in announcing its end, president obama used the term success, not victory, and said it was time america focused less on wars overseas and more on economic problems here at home. >> i would note that the end of war in iraq reflects the larger transition. the tide of war is receding. >> there is no doubt public...

Analysis of what's happening there today, richard. but certainly it is one could expect coalition forces to be moving to assist the operation and defense. >> nic robertson in the libyan capital of tripoli, thank you. >> richard, initially in the operation odyssey dawn, we were hearing about french and british planes above the skies of libya. we're hearing more about the united states' role now. maybe getting more involved than initially thought. moving beyond firing cruise missiles from navy ships in the mediterranean. sandra endofrom the pentagon, hello to you once again. first, we just heard...

I think valuable. the president couldn't just sit in washington. having this trip to brazil is fortuito fortuitous. >> i want to return to the point you brought up, that the united states has the assets to employ and, therefore, if we look at this as a long-term strategy or long-term campaign, that the united states would have to step up its commitment here. but you know, the same time, we say good representation from italy, france, the dutch, as well. >> absolutely. the u.s. shouldn't do it all. i'm saying whether it comes to particular capabilities, anti-air defense, air-to-ground strike cap...

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 ...