willing to commit 10,000. mitt romney on today show talked about declaring war on isis and willing to commit ground forces and lindsay graham says he has a plan to involve ground troops. she talked about options and support the allies in the region. and exactly because that politics of this issue change dramatically with large number of ground troops over there. you have to say president obama has not done enough, that s something that polls very well and this administration s been weak coming to confronting the stuff, that polls very well. obama s overall handling of foreign policy, does not get high marks for two years and when the discussion shifts, she s correct and shifts the discussion to the alternative is 10,000, 20,000, 30,000 ground troops the republicans aren t on sturdy ground. but it is interesting. there are some republican candidates increasingly who are saying, yes, we need to look at
ground. the bulk of the deaths occurring in syria, for example, have come about not because of regime bombing but because of on the ground casualties. the president say there is s no point in having a no-fly zone. you say? well, first of all, what he just said is flatly not true. apparently he is has forgotten that the syrian regime, bashar al assad inflicted incredible damage on the civilian population from the air. the purpose of the no-fly zone, of course, is to contain the syrian regime, something that obama said several weeks ago he still cared about. he perhaps has forgotten that the russians are in syria and that while they said they were going in to defeat isis clearly they re in syria at the request of iran and they are propping up bashar al assad at the request of iran. by the way, our allies in the
we are not. as usual, president obama is too little too late. and he and hillary clinton share in the reality that they exited iraq in 2011 after declaring victory, precipitously withdrew every troop giving up the hard fought gains for political expediency. thus giving isis vast swaths of territory to occupy so they now have a caliphate. that is what they call it. from which to operate. i want to play another piece of sound from the president and ask for your response. you re among the candidates calling far no-fly zone in syria. most of the republican field is calling for that, as well. hillary clinton supports that, too. the president today said it s counter productive. i want to play what he says. it would be counter productive to take those steps in part because isil does not have planes. so the attacks are on the
region most of whom i know are allies in the region are exceedingly concerned, not just by isis. they re exceedingly concerned by the growing strength and alliance between russia and iran. because iran wants very much to become the leading regional henchman in the area. russia is helping them and this administration rolled over to iran as well. not just in the deal but since this terrible nuclear deal was struck with iran. can i ask about refugees before i let you go? you said you re angry the president in your words unilaterally decided to accept syrian refugees. i wonder if you would in any circumstance accept syrian refugees here in america. and number two, jeb bush said today that he makes a distinction between christians and muslim refugees. and that he would give priority to christians. i wonder your take on that. i have said consistently that we cannot let refugees in this country unless we know who they
american president speaking from the g20 summit in effect cown sulting restraint and while restraint may prove to be the wise course forward, the wise path forward, it is a politically challenging position for the president to be in right now given there s so much anger i think and resolve not just obviously in france but here among americans who want to see real action taken. here was one of the president s statements from earlier today as he addressed what in effect is the challenge of trying to bomb an idea and said the challenge exists among other reasons because of the growth of isis through social media. take a listen. these are killers. with fantasies of glory who are very savvy when it comes to social media. and are able to infiltrate the minds of not just iraqis or syrians but disaffected