faith. here we go again. with 13 days left before a possible government shutdown, pelosi admits she and house speaker john boehner have not even scheduled talks. the white house thinking about scrapping the program to build a large scale syrian fighting force to combat isis. $500 million plan was a core part of the pentagon strategy to defeat isis. administration officials now acknowledge the program is failing and they are debating whether to accept a russian proposal for talks designed to end the syrian civil war. meanwhile, the increase presence in syria is causing an issue in the pentagon. air weapons supplied by the russians and possibly russian forces if necessary are being
basis. the rules of engagement that they re forced to live under are stunning. the american people would be outraged if they had any concept of what was taking place on foreign soil right now. we have people telling us that their greatest fear when they go out on a mission is being shot in the back of the head by their afghan component on the raid because they may brush a koran with their leg or something, something simple like this and have a gun pulled on them. now, is this any way to force our sons and daughters to do battle on foreign soil? and that s one of the simple stories. there are so many stories we ve accumulate that had would literally stun you. people on the raids specifically, the air weapons team asked to take out the men who were gathering near the landing zone of extortion 17. they asked to take them out two times and were denied, even though there would be zero collateral damage. why? and the men and women who fight are told to suck it up and keep it to yourself. s
your own web site. welcome to both of you. thank you. first the small picture then the big picture. that day, that time, your son. what bothers you about the events that took place prior to the chinook being shot down? they went in on an antiquated national guard helicopter. 3 1/2 hour operation had been underway. no preassault fire was laid down for that chopper as it went in. even though some people in theater have told us that the landing zone was so hot that the seals were pretty sure that two choppers couldn t even make it in, so they all board one chopper. after the chopper was shot down because of the rules of engagement, even though the air weapons, saw where the shots came from, they didn t take out the men who fired them. they walked away because the military, quote, there might be friendlies, quote. it s all about rules of engagement. 22 seals on the same helicopter is relatively unprecedented. also there was some afghany,
is senatosenator, it does so that you do believe some way, somehow, either through u.s. directed or u.s. executed, that air strips in syria need to be taken out because iran brings in supplies that way. you think perhaps you ought to be able to ground bashar al assad s air weapons and perhaps a safe zone in northern syria, all of which a lot of folks say should happen. it sounds to me as though you are for those things. well, i m certainly for giving the vetted, moderate elements of the syrian opposition the wherewithal to have a fighting chance to lead us to a better political solution than we are today. and to do that expeditiously. and then you have to consider other options with your allies as to whether or not, for example, you might consider ripping up air fields so that
if assad continues to have unlimited air power and artillery, that s a hard battle to win against simple arms. senator, it does sound to me that you do believe some way, somehow, either u.s. directed or u.s. executed, that air strips in syria need to be taken out because iran brings in supplies that way. you think perhaps you ought to be able to ground bashar al assad s air weapons and perhaps a safe zone in northern syria, all of which a lot of folks say should happen. it sounds to me as though you are for those things. well, i m certainly for giving the vetted, moderate elements of the syrian opposition the wherewithal to have a fighting chance to lead us to a better political solution than we are today. and to do that expeditiously.