the technical definition means that you re up over the hill and leading the way. we re not doing that anymore. it was very important for the sovereignty of the iraqis to let them know we recognize the fact they re capable. we ll continue to train them and help them. but by the end of next year, we re out. we re gone. it may be a misnomer. but you in literal military terms, we are no longer in a combat position. we are doing support and protecting american facilities, the embassies. we are protecting american personnel, american citizens and training iraqis. one last question. i know your time is short.
we re in a very different role. it s a support role. but we are there in case the iraqis need additional help to use our combat. by the way, it was used recently. the technical definition means that you re up over the hill and leading the way. we re not doing that anymore. it was very important for the sovereignty of the iraqis to let them know we recognize the fact they re capable. we ll continue to train them and help them. but by the end of next year, we re out. we re gone. it may be a misnomer. but you in literal military terms, we are no longer in a combat position. we are doing support and
cattle. and also a role in the standoff. in my mind, there s no doubt so many people showed up to support you. i would argue that the media coverage and myself that we ve given in this case played a part in this bus none of it made sense. well, sean, don t break your arm patting yourself on the back for all the wrong reasons. here s what sean hannity played a part in. this is a picture of a sniper aiming his rifle at federal agents on saturday. i think hannity emboldened these type of people to take this kind of action. that is a combat position. that is somebody who is ready for anything that s going to come down to be judge, jury and executioner right there. bundy s cattle being peacefully released well, that wasn t good enough for hannity. on tuesday night he speculated. armed conflict may still be on the table. a former nevada sheriff