free the rest of iraq from isil, but before that, there is a lot of work to be done in anbar. we have to move up to secure more of the euphrates river val e lee on the other side of the country, and the tigress still e need needs help up around bay ji. and that is going to be taking some time, and we have to finish training the remainder of the iraqi army, and are reset some of the forces fighting hard over the last several months. mosul will come, but it is going to be a while. and tell us about the role, and you have talked about the training and the advising of the iraqi force, and we know they are u.s.-led air strikes. tell us about the role that the u.s.-led coalition is playing right now? well, we have played a pretty great role. here are from the air, and delivering devastating air pow, and we ve dropped over 2,000 p
changed america fref, so terror ism is not an existential threat, but it is a concern of all americans. the military can play a significant role and are and will, and certainly the special operations forces and more robust use of the air pow, but at the end of the day, an attack of the united states is more likely to come out of london, paris or belgian than out of raqqa, and so that is a concern. it is customs and border protection, the fbi, and the cia and otherle tools of domestic protection. i want to play you some sound, general from earlier today, senator dianne finestein who is the vice chair of the senate intelligence committee, and take a listen. i m concerned that we don t have the time, and we don t have ye years. we need to be aggressive now, because isil is a quasi state.
president, against all evidence, declared isis contained and took a victory lap. isis is not a jv team, mr. president. they are not contained. they are at our shores and their measure their victories in body counts. this is a clash of civilizations. as i said at the debate earlier this week, there is no middle ground. either they win or we win. chris stirewalt is with me now. chris, so is there any real difference between the republicans now on how to deal with the threat of isis? well, the question is, boots on the ground, how many. there is sort of a wing of the republican party that favors air pow tore obliterate the region. and then there are others lindsay graham. he would be more in the jeb bush camp that says we need boots on the ground so you can work it out. i would say you talk to the other side, it would be more in the heavy air power space. i don t characterize anybody s
president, against all evidence, declared isis contained and took a victory lap. isis is not a jv team, mr. president. they are not contained. they are at our shores and their measure their victories in body counts. this is a clash of civilizations. as i said at the debate earlier this week, there is no middle ground. either they win or we win. chris stirewalt is with me now. chris, so is there any real difference between the republicans now on how to deal with the threat of isis? well, the question is, boots on the ground, how many. there is sort of a wing of the republican party that favors air pow tore obliterate the region. and then there are others lindsay graham. he would be more in the jeb bush camp that says we need boots on the ground so you can work it out. i would say you talk to the other side, it would be more in the heavy air power space. i don t characterize anybody s view for them in that case, but