much, rick. the islamic state has committed an act of war and france will attack a terrorist army without mercy. jen griffin joining us now. jennifer, you said the french are going to attack them. the u.s. with the most powerful military in the world has been attacking for a year and still, they re able to do what they ve done. absolutely, leland. i think it s important to remember the french were the first nato allies to join the u.s. in bombing isis in iraq a year ago. they just began air strikes in syria in september. they re sending their only aircraft carrier which the u.s. has pulled out the aircraft carrier from the gulf and getting on its way in the next coming days. the u.s. has been carrying out 95% of the air strikes in syria
be take to go destroy isis? well, i think number one what we can do is when in iraq and what does win in iraq mean. that means backing the kurds and giving the iraqi forces what they need from a material standpoint and intelligence standpoint to defeat isis in iraq. that would push them from the east toward the west back into syria. i think vladimir putin and the assad regime can handle things from there. this is something where you need boots on the ground to do it. united states does not have the political will to do so. nor do i think we should. the last thing we want to do is put u.s. troops back into the middle of a syrian civil war, fate of horrific proportions and do that and try to do u.s. forces in the middle of it. no. but we can back the players upon
momentum. particularly, after their loss in, i think, sinnjar, a key town that s fallen to the kurds. lawmakers hear about refugees fleeing syria. it s certainly a point of contention. how could this terror attack change this conversation? oh, i think it heightens it to the extent that we really want to make sure anybody coming into this country under any status, refugee or otherwise is fully vetted to make sure that they don t have any sympathies to radical islam. and so, obviously, a real concern. we ve had incidents, clearly, of islamists or of muslims being radicalized in this country and then acting out, recently attacking a reserve center and
will take care of it. putin s interest is keeping influence in syria, protecting his naval base, you know, that s his interest. he ll kill some isis people, but that s not his primary focus. the u.s. is going to have to lead this charge. i agree with you. i think the political will certainly isn t there because we are all understandably tired. i wish we had more time. thank you so much for joining us today. thank you. so far, there has been no specific terrorist threats against the united states as it relates to what happened in paris, but new york, boston, and other cities across the country have beefed up their police presence as a precaution. meanwhile, a law enforcement source tells fox news that fbi leadership is now urging vigilance among its 56 field offices as they monitor isis sympathizers across the country. david lee miller is taking a closer look at our domestic security, joins us live from new york. hi, david lee. reporter: leland, federal state law enforcement fro
the difficult but extraordinarily high imperative of rebuilding their country. reporter: now we have asked the white house if there is any change in security at the g 20 meetings or any change in the approach to the fight against isis. no response there. there are some, many calling for more intervention in iraq to fight isis. this statement from the top democrat an feinstein writing in a statement, i strongly believe we need to further increase our efforts in syria and iraq directly. it has become clear limited air strikes and support for iraqi forces and the syrian opposition are not sufficient to protect our country and our allies. some republicans are criticizing the president for saying yesterday on abc that isis was contained. the white house explained that those comments were in effect the president describing isis s controlling syria a territory in syria and iraq. though their reach has certainly grown with attacks last evening