CNN Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer August 7, 2015 21:21:00
>> the official pentagon word, the group is eager to fight and thwarted a recent al qaeda attack. the reality -- up to half are missing, they may have deserted early on, fled after the attack last week, or been captured. one officials admitting to cnn, quote, they are no longer a coherent military unit. >> they're not accompanied by u.s. forces in the field, which means they're going to get limited training, no equipment, but the vast majority of successful u.s. trained advise/assist mission require embedded forces in the field. >> privately pentagon officials say something has to change in ho...