u.s. now sending weapons and ammo to iraq in an effort to prevent al qaeda groups from getting a old in iraq. a strategic analyst and author of the book "hell or richmond". >> i cannot find another -- achievement of constant failure in foreign security policy. the original sin of course was a precipitous retreat from iraq after we had won from purely political purposes, created a power vacuum at the heart of the middle east. now we see an al qaeda affiliate, the president could. make tough decisions, he's alienated all sides syria is a disaster, we blew our chance there, he praised turkey as an