taxing as they see fit. does that legitimacy argument matter? i don t think that matters. i m sure the five families of new york would say something equivalent. they are it is effectively taxation, that doesn t make it legitimate. they are still an illegitimate terror force and we need to be pushing them out of these areas. as tour e was mentioning even though isis has taken over ramadi, everything is going to be fine. here s what john kerry said yes yesterday. their communications have been reduced and funding and mechanical operations have been reduced and their movements by and large in most certainly where there are air patrols and other capacities have been reduced. but that s not everywhere. and so it is possible to have the kind of attack we ve seen in ramadi but i m absolutely confident in the days ahead that
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conjunction with the iraqis in the next two to three years but isil is going to have good days and some tactical victories and able to use the combination of this sand storm with really creative tactics. if you read michael knight s piece, a very important piece to read. they use in one attack six 15-ton trucks full of explosives similar to what tim mcveigh used to break through the lines in ramadi. it s not just that they collapse, this an extremely effective attack that almost any organized military force would have a problem with. that s an interesting point because we have heard about the army collapsing and the money we spent training them. how important of a victim is that and how hard will it be for us to take that city back? let s make no mistake, isil had a really good day. this is important for four
defense as isis has control of the key iraqi city of ramadi and now are reportedly going door to door looking for supporters of the iraqi government. more than 500 have been killed in terror groups rampage through ramadi, secretary kerry is confident ramadi can be retain in days as coalition bombing has already begun. this video appears to show thousands of iran backed shiite militia men heading there now to try to remove isis. that task seems to be growing harder in part because the terror groups makes so much money, a new york times report says ice is annual revenue is more than $1 billion a year krystal. here to talk about what our options are going forward is retired army officer senior fellow at the american foundation and friend of the show. doug isis financial pore trait is extraordinary, they make money mostly from extortion and taxation, oil revenue is way
down on the list for them and they are spending 3 to $10 million a month on salaries just paying their folks. how do we topple a group that has so much in the way of financial resources? well i think this is why you do need this is one of those rare occasions where the military solution is the right way. we can t get in and stop the taxation so long as they physically control the ground. as long as they control mostly mosul but also ramadi, pieces of fallujah, they can effectively tax the commercial activity that happens there. if you want to sell bread, slipping a few to the islamic state in order to have your license to do that. what do you say to the argument that isis would put forward, which is they claim to be a state. they have turf. there are many repressive regimes that run all sorts of tax systems. they basically say that we re mischaracterizing this and they are running their operations and