isis. we have the defeat of isis according to the president, but what we need to do is focus on the fact that isis cannot return. those strikes that were done last week are keeping them on their back feet. and i think what we re going to need to do is continue those strikes even after we pull the ground troops out. and do you think the ground work has been laid for the coalition troops to be able to do that, general? well, i think if you take a look at what we ve done in iraq, that s the model that we ll probably follow in syria. we use a buy with and through strategy in iraq. we haven t doing the fighting. the iraqis have been doing the fighting. we ve provided the air support, the logistics, the training. now that we re pulling out the ground troops i hope we adopt and embrace the strategy that s been so successful in iraq over to syria. mark, the president had sort of another twitter announcement over this holiday weekend where he said thanks to saudi a, as he
making hay of their new-found freedom for hours. the goats owners finally rounded them up. the owners of the company, we rent goats, are here. we have an unnamed baby goat here. we need to hear suggestions for names for the goat. good to have you here this morning. what happened, why were the goats on the loose? they like to eat weeds. they like to eat the tall parts, the seeds at the top first. i guess they were standing on their back feet, leading against the wood fence and they knocked the boards out and they got through like a 9-inch wide hole. we ve got this goat that we re going to name this morning, we re going to help you name this beautiful goat. how old is the goat? are you raising the goat specifically to do this or it just happened naturally? this is a little female goat.
this where president trump is concerned. he thinks that leaving the iran deal, leaving climate, really pushing back against our strongest partners is a way to say he s tough, that he will only negotiate the toughest deals, and to really try to set kim jong-un on his back feet. i think it has the opposite reaction. it makes it look like we aren t a credible partner. we aren t a reliable partner. and it is not only a concern with kim jong-un. it s a concern that south korea and japan, our allies and partners in this regard, will not see us as trustworthy and reliab reliable. and of course china s already concerned about that reliability and credibility. last question just about the remaining prep that the president is going to go through, presumably. he has ambassador sung kim there, the u.s. ambassador to the philippines who was previously the u.s. ambassador to south korea. he s been a point person on this, along with mike pompeo, the current secretary of state.
has, which no one has seen yet, they will be back on their back feet. they can t embrace a plan after this has happened enthusiastically. they need space. the trump administration has not shown a fin ee srfinesse fo diplomatic skills and engaging our partners. i don t think it s a surprise that we announced that jerusalem is the capital of israel. a country has the right to determine its own capital. i think, though, what could be done is use this as an opportunity, as you just suggested, to advance the peace process. it looks like at this stage that is just the opposite of what is occurring. let me ask you about this wikileaks issue, because the president, during the campaign, was repeatedly praising wikileaks to the really, the horror, i have to say, to the intelligence community which views wikileaks as treasonous, and illegal, and going into the nsa and breaking out american
younger fights preferring a different brand of ideology, and also at times taliban has been fighting isis. some insurgents have joined isis. it s a mixed picture. isis effectively are the sharper end of the threats that has emerged from afghanistan purely because of their ideology. remember al qaeda are a strong presence, potentially in the hundreds and core members. that s something i heard last year from u.s. officials. so the concern is that this chaos is allowing groups the u.s. doesn t want to have a safe haven to have as much breathing room as they could like. the bombing abid to knock them on their back feet, but they re progressing, and managed to project strength in a recent horrifying attack in a military hospital in the center of kabul. they shot doctors and patients in their beds. that was across from the u.s.