threat, the head of the u.s. air force needs 30000 more air men. and over the summer, he said he was 700 pilot and 4000 mechanics short and the top officer said the shortage of people has fundmentally changed the way we do business in terms of the operational risk day on day. he wants a variety of attacks and cyber are and nuclear, and the drones in the start of the afghan war. there was one drone orbiting the battle fold and this year, 60. and they need air force personal to take in recognizance. the air force had 130 fire squadron and now two did dayed later they are down to 55.
congress has been cutting the budget, and so it seems to be a muddle and there is a role question of whether this is the right agency to lead an important battle fold in terms of the information wars and propaganda wars against our terrorist. two and half million a year guess to the voice of america. if it can that one thing. but do you think that voice of america is the right place to fight the battle? i have my doubts. it is kind of old technology and it was designed to penetrate different countries where they couldn t get another point of view because of state- controlled media and also our serious foes today are stateless forces like al-qaeda and isis. if they can t modernize and figure out what it wants to do maybe it is time for other elements of the u.s. government
else. bomb or reenforcements and all of that from a rolistic picture of the battle fold. how are the iraqis doing and can they hold? if they continue to disintegrate we are in big trouble, john. i know maliki is boosting air power and play claim to american airplanes and he said the country is owed; is that enough to it turn the tide of this thing? no. you can t bomb your way out of a secitarian civil war. that is drin by hatred on both sides and historically speaking when they roached the period where they are now ends through bloody exhaustion and a few more boeps and couple of more american troops will not make a difference in what seems to be an emerging as a long protracted
many in washington are saying the taliban prisoners are a risk of security. one terrorist vowed to return to the battle fold. one in three detainees released from gitmo are suspected of or confirmed to return to the battle fold. reporter: alleged ring leader of a benghazi attack and commander in yemen and suicide bomber in iraq. they were in guantanamo and later returned to terrorism. the number is 29%. 16.6 percent confirmed and rest are suspected. reporter: the number is higher than one in throw. i am not surprised that certain detainees who are highly radicalized go back to the
putting the rose garden speech right there on tv, that under mined it and people said who is this guy and why did we give you up five taliban for this? and even the president changed his story. he said if i thought these guys were going to go back to the battlefield i wont let them out. he said a couple of days later, they could go back. and i remember talking to the senators a now days ago. and it was a where they they are not concerned with the role persons. whoa it is chlor there was a risk that nose then would return to the battle fold.