you had to earn al qaeda s trust. you had to in some cases kick back money to al qaeda. al qaeda didn t want you unless you could prove you re worthy. isis isn t not like that. isis is actively advertising that if you want to set up your own isis outpost it will fund money to you so the degree of isis capability depends on place to place. in libya, they have a very extensive and very effective network. in sinai, i think it was an opportunity. a u.s. official that i spoke to who said there is confidence that it was a bomb on board. not something fired from the ground but somehow that a bomb got on the plane. thought that perhaps isis saw an opportunity that at this small regional airport in egypt security might not have been as tight as it could have been and this was a opportune moment for the group the strike.
controls cities, it controls the lives of millions of people. and isis has been expanding very rapidly. it is not like al qaeda. al qaeda was difficult to join. you had to earn al qaeda s trust. you had to in some cases kick back money to al qaeda. al qaeda didn t want you unless you could prove you re worthy. isis isn t not like that. isis is actively advertising that if you want to set up your own isis outpost it will fund money to you so the degree of isis capability depends on place to place. in libya, they have a very extensive and very effective network. in sinai, i think it was an opportunity. a u.s. official that i spoke to who said there is confidence that it was a bomb on board. not something fired from the ground but somehow that a bomb got on the plane. thought that perhaps isis saw an opportunity that at this small regional airport in egypt security might not have been as tight as it could have been and this was a opportune moment for
as you pointed out he has never wanted to do. this he is doing this now because he feels the russians have seized the diplomatic initiative. they are getting deals worked out or trying to in vienna today. and right now the whole thing ends up as a russian diplomatic triumph. right. it is something that the president is responding to. absolutely diplomatic failure on our part. then you go ahead and send 50. i m trying to figure out i mean ohio state football team has about 100 players on it. i mean, i m guessing isis isn t going to be scared of 50 u.s. fighters. is this 50 now, 500 later? a thousand down the road? no. no i think, eric, you are taking us down the vietnam path now. and i really don t think this president or any president coming up in the near future is going to put us on the vietnam path where you could end up with half a million troops in syria. i don t think that s going to happen at all. this president doesn t want to move any troops into
never wanted to do. this he is doing this now because he feels the russians have seized the diplomatic initiative. they are getting deals worked out or trying to in vienna today. and right now the whole thing ends up as a russian diplomatic triumph. right. it is something that the president is responding to. absolutely diplomatic failure on our part. then you go ahead and send 50. i m trying to figure out i mean ohio state football team has about 100 players on it. i mean, i m guessing isis isn t going to be scared of 50 u.s. fighters. is this 50 now, 500 later? a thousand down the road? no. no i think, eric, you are taking us down the vietnam path now. and i really don t think this president or any president coming up in the near future is going to put us on the vietnam path where you could end up with half a million troops in syria. i don t think that s going to happen at all. this president doesn t want to move any troops into
never wanted to do. this he is doing this now because he feels the russians have seized the diplomatic initiative. they are getting deals worked out or trying to in vienna today. and right now the whole thing ends up as a russian diplomatic triumph. right. it is something that the president is responding to. absolutely diplomatic failure on our part. then you go ahead and send 50. i m trying to figure out i mean ohio state football team has about 100 players on it. i mean, i m guessing isis isn t going to be scared of 50 u.s. fighters. is this 50 now, 500 later? a thousand down the road? no. no i think, eric, you are taking us down the vietnam path now. and i really don t think this president or any president coming up in the near future is going to put us on the vietnam path where you could end up with half a million troops in syria. i don t think that s going to happen at all. this president doesn t want to move any troops into