it is already disrupting markets all over the world. if this went on for a long time, that would continue. the new reason. this group, the islamic state in iraq and syria, isis. look, if they were going to establish a state in northern iraq, establish law, circle around and live happily ever after, who would care? this is not what they are. this is a outward moving forward. they will attract jihadists from around the world. they re going to be able to plan terrorist strikes into the region, other countries, jordan, conceivably even israel, then western europe, into the united states. isn t this the dream of bin laden to establish what he called the caliphate? exactly, yeah. which is a terror state. right now they control territory from aleppo in the west of syria all the way now to the suburbs of baghdad. yeah, you re talking about a distance that s about 400 miles. we re not talking about a small amount of territory. and a caliphate with its capital in baghdad was precisely th
had to lower its profile in the world. we have been saying on this program for over a year that this would incentivize bad people somewhere to take risks and move forward. that s what we re seeing this week in iraq. i think the real danger here, though, is this al qaeda 2.0. this is not really bin laden do-over. you have now affiliates who are independent of al qaeda central, which had been decimated, but you have them in yemen, you have them in iraq, have them in north africa. but this is the biggest threat yet because this is much bigger, potentially, than what they had in afghanistan before 2001. but like in 2001, the way any of these groups is going to stand out and say we are the true heirs of bin laden is by trying to strike in the u.s., and that is the real ultimate fear that people in washington have. and a realistic one. when we come back, hillary clinton makes the media rounds promoting her new book and facing questions about her time as secretary of state. could the
had to lower its profile in the world. of we have been saying on this program for over a year that this would incentivize bad people somewhere to take risks and move forward. that s what we re seeing this week in iraq. i think the real danger here, though, this is al qaeda 2.0. this is not really bin laden to-over. you have affiliates who are independent of al qaeda central, which has been decimated, but in yemen, iraq, north africa. this is the biggest threat yet, because this is much bigger, potentially, than what they had in afghanistan before 2001. but the way any of these groups is going to stand out and say we are the true heirs of bin laden is trying to strike in the u.s. and that is the real ultimate fear that people in washington have. and a realistic one. when we come back, hillary clinton makes the media rounds, promoting her new book and facing questions about her time as secretary of state. could the obama foreign policy legacy hurt her chances in 2016?
all over the world. this went on for a long time. that would continue. the new reason. this group, the islamic state in iraq and syria, isis. look, if they were going to establish a state in northern iraq, establish and draw a circle around it and live happily ever after, who would care. this is not what they are. this is a centrifugal, outward ving source. they re going to plan terror strikes into the region, into our countries like jordan, conceivably enis real and then western europe and the united states. isn t this the dream of bin laden to establish what he called the caliphate, and they control territory from aleppo, west of syria all the way to the suburbs of baghdad. yeah, you re talking about a distance of about 400 miles. we re not talking about a small amount of territory. and a caliphate, with its capital in baghdad, was precisely the dream of people like bin laden and other