iraq because islamic state group, which they have been helping to fight had been defeated as an organised force. and he needed more counterterrorism support for our iraqi troops. so the americans in the iraq use of been talking about how to go about this. essentially what they ve done today is officially announced the end of the combat mission by years end. and they will be formally rebranding the machine as a train and assist programme as your hearing there. i think that won t necessarily mean that much difference on the ground. because in effect that is what s happening on the ground. soldiers there do not really carry out combat missions unless they been attacked. but it is something that animal is here anyway see as a move that might help the iraq he prime minister back home with his domestic politics. he is under a lot of pressure from pro iran factions in parliament and from two from pro iran militias to expel us troops. but
providing counterterrorism support, training support and advisors on the ground, but i think the americans would not stand for a million troops on the ground and i don t think it will take that much. it may take a million local forces doing the fighting. we need to support them, but i don t think it will take a million americans to help with that. final word, bob. the problem is the locals. i don t trust them. i don t trust the afghans. the afghans caused that raid in kunduz against the hospital, bad information. we have no allies in iraq we can trust. the shiia government we can t. same way with yemen and syria. we train four or five people, locals? they will be wiped off the field. we have no allies in that part of the world we can trust. thanks very much to both of you, a very sobering conversation. learning new details about the oregon shooter including that much like the sandy hook shooter, he and his mother knew a whole lot about guns. plus marco rubio with one of
you wrote quote, we encourage you to step up our counterterrorism support for iraq. it is in our national security interest to enhance the effectiveness of iraq security forces, especially through greater intelligence sharing. have you heard back from the white house since you and your fellow senators sent that letter? we have not. but i did get an opportunity to meet with prime minister malaki and that letter spoke to the necessity of the prime minister to take bolder political steps within iraq to have less of a sectarian government and a more inclusive government with shia and kurds in power sharing and in resources and in weapons alone, or even the sharing of intelligence, it s not going to solve some of the fundamental challenges that we believe in that bipartisan group is creating part of the attraction by al qaeda acceptance in
secondly, it is important to also understand that from a geo-strategic perspective, we need the egyptian military more than the egyptian military needs the united states aid right now. and we we don t provide the people in qatar, the egyptian ambassador will step in to fill that void. their counterterrorism support in north africa, the stability they represent, the peace treaty with egypt, these are very essential elements of a government that led by the military will also wind up standing up to iran and suppo supportisuppor supporting us in yemen against al-qaeda. so the egyptian military plays a very important role for the united states in the middle east and we can t lose sight of that.
debate pinata have on texas governor rick perry s front runner status? there s no government purpose served for having little girls inoculated at the force and compulsion of the government. this is big government run amok. it is bad policy. and it should not have been done. and can the tea party deliver on this bold promise? look, we are going to choose the next republican nominee. right. we are not going to accept what the republican party hands us. but up first tonight, stunning evidence of why the stakes of that republican civil war are so consequential. new lows for president obama on just about all of the tests you use when an incumbent asks for four more years. the president s overall approval rating, at a new low. his grades on leadership, worst ever. and nearly 6 in 10 americans now doubt the president has what it takes to manage the government effectively. yet, another low point. on the road today in ohio, the president suggested republicans know he s on