Off of the table of using Ground Troops. A number of republicans and some democrats are saying that sends the wrong signal. Mike viqueira we knew this was coming as far as expanding the air war, but were now starting to get more details politically. Does that take some pressure off of the Obama Administration from these members of congress who want to see things ratcheted it up in politically the pressure is going to be off because congress is leaving over the course of the next couple of days. They are not going to be in town and have the microphones in front of them. So the president and remember this will follow a house vote later today and authorize the arming of those rebels and that has become the most controversial point, to arm the Free Syrian Army and others within syria. And secretary hagel summed it up rather nicely. He said yes, its a risk that only some of these weapons could end up in the wrong hands and this force might not be as viable as we hoped, but its a risk that i
Examining a similar situation that bush got us into. Well, first and foremost, i would just say george w. Bush did get us in in a dramatic way into this caldron. And for republicans not to admit that is wrong. And so thats number one. We should not have jumped in with the United States military with the huge occupation force into iraq to change the situation. I would have certainly supported at that time arming the kurds against Saddam Hussein as im supportive now that you have to make sure very well that the people youre working with are, number one, do not have a long term, how do you say, a long term reason to hate you and to not like you and thus in the end they will end up being your enemy. And that was true in a number of areas in this region. So thats one of the reasons why i think we should rely on the kurds who have a long history of being friends with the United States. There are other forces in play. There are friends that we should stick with. Like israel. And there are for
We dont want to do this because we know its hard and we know you dont like it. It would be better if you would make it clear that were not doing this because its not going to work. Its not the most effective way to confront these forces. So, you know, both will task you with going to the p tresident a work on his messaging. But its important how its presented to the American People and how we build support for this program. On the issue of finding sunni partners. I still contend that is the key. If we find enough sunnis in iraq and syria who are willing to fight against isis, thats when well start to be successful. What are our efforts in terms of outreach to some of those tri s tribes, folks in iraq for the moment. Theyre still there, i expect many of them are fighting with isis. How are we doing working with the Iraqi Government or the locals there to try to turn some of those tribesman the same way we did during the awakening. Congressman, as you pointed out, and as i noted in my te
Strategy. But i think the American People get confused. And if we explain to them, look, boots on the ground means no combat forces. Or boots on the ground mean were not going to do shock and awe or whatever. But we are going to have our people there. And there are certain things that they have to do, and without them, we cant be successful in this battle. And i think i think they can accept that. And they can theyre smart enough to figure it out. And if they think theyre not hearing the truth, the whole truth, i think then they get they kind of get their backs up. I think its also very important that the president give lots of updates. I think, you know, over the last several years, the war in afghanistan, there have been a lot of accomplishments that weve achieved over there. And i dont think the American People know. And i think only the president can tell them that. And i think they would like to know as we move forward how were how were doing in iraq, how were doing in syria. And
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