everything we possibly can but i think in the case of the yazidis and the case of northern iraq we ve done over 200 air strikes, working directly with them of very precise intelligence. the kurds they say they re outgunned. some of them don t have the right armor some don t have helmets. how do you respond to that? well i talk to the kurds almost every day. in fact, when isil launched its attack in the kurdistan region in early august, we reacted immediately. with help peshmerga helped push back. they have taken back almost all the territory they lost and now thanks to congress we re going to be supplying the kurds with three new peshmerga brigades with very sophisticated equipment. jen flynn wonders why the help has been so little so late. the kurds want more air support. we have to rely on these guys and they re doing some very brave things. but they re looking to us to say, hey, we still need your help. it s too slow. we got to figure out where is the roadblock and get these g
everything we possibly can but i think in the case of the yazidis and the case of northern iraq we ve done over 200 air strikes, working directly with them of very precise intelligence. the kurds they say they re outgunned. some of them don t have the right armor some don t have helmets. how do you respond to that? well i talk to the kurds almost every day. in fact, when isil launched its attack in the kurdistan region in early august, we reacted immediately. with help peshmerga helped push back. they have taken back almost all the territory they lost and now thanks to congress we re going to be supplying the kurds with three new peshmerga brigades with very sophisticated equipment. jen flynn wonders why the help has been so little so late. the kurds want more air support. we have to rely on these guys and they re doing some very brave things. but they re looking to us to say, hey, we still need your help. it s too slow. we got to figure out where is the roadblock and get these g
gear and left. we re leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant iraq. some worried however that failing to reach an agreement for stay-behind u.s. forces would create a power vacuum. i spoke to ambassador brent mcguirk who works on the president s team dealing with isis. critics say by us not getting that agreement we ve facilitated the growth of isis. how do you respond to that? i do wish we were able to leave a residual force to do some counterterrorism. you know, the iraqis we had a very difficult negotiation with them late 2011. we re very focused on where we are now. jen michael flynn who headed the defense intelligence agency from 2012 to 2014 agrees that we have to move on. you know, hindsight s 20/20. what we have to do is admit to the mistake and say okay, now what are we going to do about it? as we ve seen one group that
everything we possibly can but i think in the case of the yazidis and the case of northern iraq we ve done over 200 air strikes, working directly with them of very precise intelligence. the kurds they say they re outgunned. some of them don t have the right armor some don t have helmets. how do you respond to that? well i talk to the kurds almost every day. in fact, when isil launched its attack in the kurdistan region in early august, we reacted immediately. with help peshmerga helped push back. they have taken back almost all the territory they lost and now thanks to congress we re going to be supplying the kurds with three new peshmerga brigades with very sophisticated equipment. jen flynn wonders why the help has been so little so late. the kurds want more air support. we have to rely on these guys and they re doing some very brave things. but they re looking to us to say, hey, we still need your help. it s too slow. we got to figure out where is the roadblock and get these g
gear and left. we re leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant iraq. some worried however that failing to reach an agreement for stay-behind u.s. forces would create a power vacuum. i spoke to ambassador brent mcguirk who works on the president s team dealing with isis. critics say by us not getting that agreement we ve facilitated the growth of isis. how do you respond to that? i do wish we were able to leave a residual force to do some counterterrorism. you know, the iraqis we had a very difficult negotiation with them late 2011. we re very focused on where we are now. jen michael flynn who headed the defense intelligence agency from 2012 to 2014 agrees that we have to move on. you know, hindsight s 20/20. what we have to do is admit to the mistake and say okay, now what are we going to do about it? as we ve seen one group that filled the vacuum was isis.