george w. bush when he declared the mission was accomplished on the invasion in iraq. we know what happened between 2003 and 2007 or 08. the fight, the battle against isis goes on. this is what the president and his advisers must realize. not the military means, but the social political and diplomatic aspects of this fight. right. you always point that out when you come on the program because you can t physically see pockets of isis in syria. that does not mean they have gone away. as you say, defeated, but not degraded. the question for you is, the secretary of defense of the united states highly regarded, mattis quit over mr. trump s decision to pull out of syria. the question is, who is he listening to now? who is around this president
country doesn t need the help. the opposition leader says he will try to deliver aid to venezuelans as early as next week. he s also warning the military against stopping the delivery. translator: we have spoken clearly to the armed forces. it is now a humanitarian issue to prohibit the aid, which i insist is destined to save lives in this first stage. it could be considered a crime against humanity. the head of the red cross is working with both sides, meaning guaido and mr. maduro to distribute the aid. president trump is set to declare the end of the isis not everyone agrees it s over. plus, we will take you to the front lines in syria where that final battle for isis territory is taking place. stay with us. much more ahead. i m a veteran
the active fighting stopped a while ago, these soldiers say. incoming or outgoing, okay, outgoing, he responds. he was, however, mistaken. so, the soldiers here have told us it s been quiet for the last at least week or so. but, just a moment the soldier was telling me that, there was an incoming round landing right over there. so, quiet, i guess in this instance is a relative term. this is the commander of the anti-isis forces at the front and warns against assuming the war is almost over. isis isn t finished, yet, he tells me. it s still in this area. it s still fighting. it still has sleeper cells in the areas we liberated. isis was at its height, one of
continue to fight covertly and could regroup. the united states military, our coalition partners and the syrian democratic forces have liberated virtually all the territory previously held by isis, syria and iraq. it should be formally announced sometime, probably next week, that we will have 100% of the caliphate. german chancellor angela merkel is contradicting mr. trump. she says isis fighters are being pushed out of the last remaining territory, they are becoming a dangerous asymmetrical force. the area isis controls has shrunk. president trump says he wants to withdrawal all u.s. forces from syria. secretary of state, mike pompeo says a troop drawdown is not the
africa. the question is, how do you fight that? how does the world continue to keep a watch and try to dismantle these sleeper cells and small units? you know, let me be direct. i mean, i think the military aspect of the fight against isis is very crucial. now that the physical state is dismantled in iraq and syria, in fact, what we need is really nonmilitary means to hammer a deadly nail in the coffin of isis. what i really mean, you need to help devastate the societies in iraq and syria and other places, recover. reconcile, rebuild and my take on it is that president trump does not really have the will or the vision or the ability to really appreciate what it takes to basically defeat isis. in fact, he takes investments.