On the u. S. Was imminent. The pentagon calls it very successful but stressed that these air strikes are only the beginning of a long haul. We know this will be complicated. It will take a serious effort by all involved and we do believe that were talking about years here. I cant put an exact number on that but this is not something that well be done within days or weeks or month s. Are these kinds of targeted strikes be enough to deter isis. In a word, no. We can degrade isis but cant destroy or defeat it with air strikes. The key to isis is in it s in syria right now and it will take Ground Troops the only the Ground Troops are isis and al adequata. So we have no cards on the table in terms of Ground Troops in syria. In iraq we have no Ground Troops but you can defend with american air power, you have the shiite government in the south that can defend it. You get ramadi, there is no way we can take it without Ground Troops. This is a strategy to deter and contain isis. You cannot defeat them ever unless you send in Ground Troops into both syria and iraq. The strike, the air strikes can brush back, they are brushing back isil and theyre necessary because you cant just let isil continue to take ground at will. Theyve already got a third of iraq and a safe harbor in syria the air strikes are appropriate bout in iraq and syria the weak link as pat says is Ground Troops and who will commit Ground Troops and the a hundred Million Dollars to train syrians, fighters, the moderates, that will take awhile anyway. The president is doing the right thing thichlt is really more, it this is really more, it is their fight. The countries over there are much more on the line than the u. S. Is and the coalition he put together with the five monarchies that stretch from the moderate jordan to the more radically conservative saudi a arabia is impressive. When you have a female Fighter Pilot leading the battle fo united arabs, this is a ford thinking. They have to present their governments and if they dont get in the fight it is lost. The president is right to stand aside, do what we can but they have to get in it. Okay. Syria reacts or it doesnt which speaks volumes. A media and political visor, the syrian leader, when president obama raised the possibility of the u. S. Striking within syria, two and a half weeks ago, shaban had this reply. We are ready to be part of nicole yigs against Terrorism Coalition against terrorism with or without coordination is considering an aggression against syria. The u. S. Did not coleate with the asad regime. As to asad, he certainly did not intercept or use antiair craft power to stop the bombardment on his territory. Why hasnt syria protested the violation of the sovereign air space. John, what is happening here is that syria, the Syrian Regime is basically content now to see the United States air force as well as suni arab nations. Now weve gone 180 degrees and the United States is bombing the op sghags they tried to describe as terrorists along. Are we doing asad a favor. Absolutely. We need to look at how this exposes the vacuum of the strategy. We dont really have one. What comes after this . Whos side are we trying to pick here . Were reacting to violation in the middle east by bombing the sand bars the gcc, the Corporation Council put jets in the air to work with us so sunni, muz lynn nations muslim nations, this is something to remember. It will affect where we go in the next 25 years, theyre bombing the extremists. Lessons from the vietnam war . Air action execution against gun boats and certain supporting fitacilies in North Vietnam which have been used in these hostile operations. Our response for the present will be limited and fitting. In 1964, president johnson announceth first u. S. Air strike against North Vietnam. Operation Rolling Thunder was supposed to last eight weeks but went on for three years. President johnson opted for bombing North Vietnam because he wanted to avoid the issue of u. S. Grund troops. Ultimately he Ground Troops. Ultimately he committed more than 500,000 u. S. Forces to the vietnam way. The military insulation in vietnam is the text book study of mission creep. Is president obama going in danger of going down the same road. There is always the danger but were in the position of two lessers. We have no good choices. We have to the one that is, the one with least risk and damage to us. Going after the isil people is in fact in my judgment, the right decision. It doesnt mean that it is a great that syria will benefit from it. These are the poentsz to asad opponents to a government. How far is goes is to be determined. He is not looking to expand his empire beyond syria where isil is looking to expand and create. The comparison with president johnson. President obama does not have the resources that johnson had. The economy was booming then. We had guns and butter. There was a draft so you had an unlimited amount of man power what is the point. The point is that this president is constrained by lack of resources, plus his own inclination. He doesnt want to get involved in another ground id like to finish a sentence. He is not going to sen 500,000 or 168,000 troops into the countries. The policy is incoherent. Point well taken. You had the guitar and qatar and saudi a arabia were bombing. A couple months ago they were aiding in syria. The poll can not succeed without Ground Troops it is incoherent, inconsistent, were making it up as we go and were in a no win war. Eleanor is right. Were not going to send in 100,000 troops into iraq and syria, but i dont know how or where this thing ends. Let me say one thing, we have a number of allies in the region. Saudi a arabia, e egypt, turkey. They arent going to help us. We have to work to save those people because if isil really begins to explode in terms of their expansion, theyll threaten all of our allies. Theyve been aiding. Why do we have. Why do we have why do we have to save snem why cant they save save them . Why cant they save themselves. K horasan. Before this week, nobody outside of the Counter Terrorism experts has ever heard of khorasan. What does this significance any fy and can you signify and can you describe it. The leader, we dont know if he was killed by mondays strike. He was hiding in iran for eight years, identified by the u. S. Intelligence. There are reports of this character and his roll in financing people from the original core of al adequata that pulled off the 9 11. Al adequata, the alquaida, he was targeted. The strikes monday night. It is amazing that this was going on separately. Are there any americans in kho . 12 americans fighting with isis. 100 americans overall in syria. This group is different from isil, Islamic State movement. This is a group that the Obama Administration is now claiming is the very same as the original core of alquaida that perpetrated the 9 11 attacks this is politically important because the Administration Needs cover to have the authorization to make war in North Country other than iraq and the 2001 authorization of military course allowed the Bush Administration to go after ad kwieda, the people that perpetrate trait alquaida, the people perpetrated 9 11. They didnt want it to go public. Theyre only about 30 people. Theyre excerpt lawmakers and looking to create bombs to get onair craft. It was an opportunistic air strike and an appropriate thing to do. Anyone americans in khorasan. We hit because we have a right to hit alquaida. That gives us a right to hit syria. Congress has got to come back here in december and they have to vote for a new authorization for the war. They. Khorasan was the fig leaf for congress to take action . That has been requested by the president. They have to get something new. It was not a fig leaf because if you have evidence that your National Security is at stake and an imminent attack. The president had every right to do it. John boehner just said no vote. Lets see what congress does. They dont know which way the policy will go and theyre scared to vote. Exactly. Theyre scared to vote. Are we finished . Are we finished with sovereign air space . Sovereignty being, he attached so much importance to sovereignty. All of the bases have been covered . The bases have been covered. For the moment. They need a new thousand observation to continue bombing syria that is not khorasan. We have no right to bomb that country. We have no clearance to bomb syria and sofb relevance dictates we didnt sov bomb them. On vacation, i mean, theyre out campaigning. Theyre not going to come back. Nms he knows he will get support. What support does it send to the world if they dont step up . I think so he doesnt have to go to hem them and i think it is a good thing. Excuse me, please. It is a good thing if the congress and executive do go together but it is not essential. You can play the president ial war youre telling me . Another president ial war . I dont know what your point is. Point is. Well live in mystery on that. Is jeb bush showing ankle . Issue two, a bush is back. Republicans can show that they lead if they gain a majority status. I am working as hard as i can to help candidates when they ask for. Former Florida Governor jeb bush, republican thomas this week in one of the thom tillis. He has been calling on republican heavy weights for support. He spoke on issues he is officer vent about. One, immigration reform. He is a proponent for education standards for common core disliked by gop actists. The activists. He gently put distance between himself and his guest of honor on these issues and voiced far more conservative instances on immigration than did mr. Bush. Question, if jeb bush decides to run for president in 2016, is he too moderate for the Republican Base or is he just what the doctor ordered . Too moderate for the Republican Base. You take common core. Bobby jindal was in favor. Who . Favor. The governor of louisiana. Hes had on to run innia way from that. Marco rubio. Marco rubio is a u. S. Senator from florida. Damaged deeply by his support for immigration reform. Hes run away from it. He doesnt have the fire in the bell april. He hasnt run belly. He hasnt run for a dozen years or more. He is getting warm apd these two issues will see him torn apart in the very rough primary. To his credit he is not walking was way from the two issues. He is doubling down on the common core. If you look at the field, other than Chris Christie it is a field filled with conservatives and social conservatives and lib tearian. So libertarian. He could carve out a piece in the landscape. It would be refreshing to have been have somebody saying what they speak. He may be in the wrong party, though. Are you against posturing. Im for posturing for a good. Are you . Were making progress here. That is not that good of a cause. What do you think of jeb . I met him before but i met him for a good period of time a number of weeks ago when he came to new york and he had had a small lunchon. He was as knowledgeable and effective and thoughtful as any republican that i have talked to in a very, very long time. I think he is absolutely first rate. He is a real talent and he speaks with authority. He is not overwhelming. He will be a very effective candidate if he comes up. He speaks perfect spanish so this will be something helpful with the hispanic community. He will be the leading candidate for the republican nomination. Im into the saying he is going to win it. I think he is the outstanding candidate to have and the one with the best chance to win the republican election. They dont want to be in the wilderness for another eight years after the Obama Presidency and they know they need a leader for who can be elected. Did he take questions from the floor. Yes was he asked whether or not he will run. What did he say . The National Polls have not been good. What did he say. He hasnt made up his mind yet. He hasnt made up his mind . His mother said weve had enough bushes in the white house. His mother said that. His mother may have have said. That you dont travel all the way to new york to have lunch with 10 or 15 people unless youre interested in your political future. So i have no idea whether or not he will run. I suspect he is going to run. I agree with everything all three of you said and i appreciate mort zuckerman, but i dont think who jeb bush is. There is only so much room for rational, middle the road, republicans in this race. The state is filled physically and idealogically by Chris Christie. Christie will blow him away. He hasnt run for anything since 2002. I think theyve got some kind of deal, if one goes, the other doesnt. They would split up the moderate vote. Former. So between romney, christie, and job bush. Romney gets in and bush gets in. Im not like mort, i dont talk to them at lunch. Exit question. Is the gop ready for a candidacy. For his running . He has a perfect right to run and there is a chance he will. More likely romney will run or christie will run. He doesnt show me the fire in the belly. Americans have a short Attention Span and theyre forgiving. He has a chance if he gets in the race. He will get chewed apart by the crazy right wing in the primaries. He absolutely will. I i dont agree with. That theyre not that stupid but theyre not that unwise is a better way to put it. If you have an Obama Administration and a Clinton Administration and youre a conservative republican. Jeb bushs i gubernatorial career in florida was a master piece. He got the state through a horrible hurricane and his governing and the fact that he has an a hispanic whief has toolt bear in what he brings wife has a lot to bear in what he brings to the picture. Well be back with predictions. You may say im a dreamer but im not the only one i hope someday youll join us and the world will live as one. Jeb bush will run for president in 2016. Yes or no . One in three chances. Looks like yes. I would say no. The answer is yes. Byebye. Captions by caption colorado, llc 8007757838 email comments captioncolorado. Com welcome to Government Contracting weekly, sponsored by aoc Key Solutions, inc. 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