why is this happening to their forces at one at least appears as an outside observer at an accelerating rate than what we saw on the first couple of months of this battle? time has its toll in warfare, especially mentally. but the logistics required to sufficiently supply these extended lines of russian troops. remember they are on enemy terrain, she have to move enemy, a quid mid, fuel, food to the front lines constantly, and that allows for harassment, insurgency, guerrilla attacks. it s a lot harder for them to sustain on the enemies battlefield that it is for the enemy to kind of scoot around and move around. that s one factor. they haven t done this well from the beginning. russian forces have been logistically underperformers. their leadership on the generals front, that is been underperforming. this is been a long term disaster for them. but they ve got staying power,
seeing actually a good effort. it was a little late in the game, but the ukrainians have already dug in and made this a challenge for vladimir putin. always appreciate your candor. jason beardsley joining us mutually joining us , our national security expert. i want to ask you very quickly before we wrap up the segment from your perspective, is it more likely or less likely that we see the russians who by much of the reporting i ve seen and read, whether it s the bbc or just our own reporting here at fox, it appears to me that the russian troops are suffering a great deal with respect to morale problems on the ground. how might that impact the ability of vladimir putin to move forward with his plans in ukraine? kevin, that s everything. you know, i m a soldier from the ground wars in iraq and afghanistan and north africa. when you lose morale, you lose all the momentum and it s harsh winter conditions. these guys are getting hit by guerrilla attacks and from every angle. so we ve seen
one. even commerce secretary wilbur ross stepped on the fed. we re very upset about the portion of the strength of the dollar that s due to monetary policy by the fed. we think that it s ridiculous our interest rates are high relative to many other countries. keep in mind cutting interest rates is actually a tactic the fed normally uses to stimulate the economy in a recession. meantime, larry kudlow is expected to speak with business and state leaders to discuss the economy. that expected to happen this week. kudlow, by the way, was wrong about predicting a recession during the george w. bush administration. new concerns this morning about isis regaining strength in iraq and syria five months after its territorial defeat. the new york times reported the islamic state is conducting guerrilla attacks and u.s. defense officials acknowledge the terror group stands to be a
camp. that according to the new york times. quote, it s evolving into the hot bed of isis ideology and a huge breeding ground for future terrorists. the report states that isis currently has an estimated 14 to 18,000 combatants, continues to conduct guerrilla attacks across iraq and syria and can tap into the reported $400 million war chest. joe? so, katty kay, this is something that the trump administration was warned about. it was something that people inside the pentagon warned donald trump about as did people across the foreign policy community. so now people inside his own administration and the pentagon are saying that yes, his actions have led to the resurgence of isis. it s obviously something we have seen before. and you just wonder whether he s
road. there s a town just west of moos you will called the telefar. the coalition dmou believes there may be 500 to 800 isis fighters really dug in, hold up just west of moos you will, not an insurmountable numbers of fighters for the coalition to go after, if you don t shut that off, those fighters can begin to stage the kind of guerrilla attacks into mosul and just keep sort of the situation off kilter, the big concern, isis becomes a guerrilla organization. they continue to inspire fighters their fighters around the world, we ve seen a number of attacks in europe, by people who have become radicalized, none of that goes away. this is defeating isis on the patch of ground where it stands in moos you will, it is