produced in incredible reaction from the shia population who are the majority in iraq. so now you had a disaffected sunni minority, but also engaged shia majority. and that s what began the iraqi civil war that continued up general david petraeus was able to stabilize the situation militarily, but most importantly, also politically by reaching out to those sunni describes and groups bringing them in, trying to create a government of national unity. and what has happened since then is that prime minister maliki has once again turned on the sunnis. he stopped funding them, persecuted them. so we re back very close to those conditions that sparked the civil war. and if that p harhappen, violen will probably go up five-fold and it will become as deadly a place as syria.
family. was he saying what the taliban told him to say? american forces were the glue that was holding iraq together. with the makings of an iraqi civil war now full blown, foreign policy crisis. 100 miles from baghdad. what s the president doing? taking a nap. it s brutal. i would say it s inhumane. reporter: these are the faces of a humanitarian crisis. thousands of children as young as 4 traveling alone. a processing center is no place for your child. good morning. welcome back to new day. we have the tgif special edition for you. we ve got brianna keilar in for kate. jb sitting in for michaela this morning as well. we also have breaking news for you this morning. bowe bergdahl is back on u.s. soil after five years in taliban captivity. the 28-year-old arrived in the dark of night in texas. his disappearance has been the speculation kind of capital of the week. his release is a topic of
isis because they believe and feel they have to fight for their very existence in the face of what they view as being a shia fighting force. and that is the iraqi army being led by shia prime minister nuri al maliki. we re also hearing about various calls from shia militia leaders trying to reactivate their militias so deadly during the previous civil war, the most famous cleric here, putting out a call to people to volunteer and join the iraqi security forces. so when it comes to any sort of option with regards to what the u.s. may have, even if it they do decide to get involved with air strike, it will be very difficult to figure out who to st strike and where. isis has embedded itself within the civilian population.
and reintegration. key to that will be reunion with his family. no timeline. we expect it to be soon. it is crucial for his overall recovery. that is what they say. thank you. now to iraq in turmoil. the u.s. now said to be weighing how to deal with radical islamists and they topple key, big iraqi cities. the militants now moving south nearing baquba becoming a bigger threat to baghdad. let s bring in senior white house correspondent jim acosta with the latest from the white house. what are we hearing, jim? brianna, senior administration official said the president has not yet made any decisions yet on whether to strike in iraq, but a separate senior administration official is indicating that a decision could come as early as this weekend on how to proceed including the possibility the u.s. could conduct air strikes. with the makings of an iraqi civil war now a full blown foreign policy crisis president
did before. and the american people should make no mistake, this is an p outward moving terrorist force. they are not going to establish a little state there, do sharia law and live happily ever after. this is a centrifugal voice. this is why i think voices like rand paul who had an op-ed this week are so misguided. this is not simply an iraqi civil war. an al qaeda stint in northern iraq is a threat to the entire region and a threat to the united states. we already see reports of european jihadis, even american jihadis getting training in a place like this. afghanistan was the taliban was a state sponsor of al qaeda. this is al qaeda itself in control. if it is that large a threat and i agree with you then why not reach out to iran as some in the administration want to do, to help mitigate that threat? where would you put the very is that al qaeda stand potential at the top, followed by iran? why not deal with iran to