Nation and probably will proclaim it very shortly. So, my sympathies would be to say to the kurds, well, why should we suck you back into iraq . You have the right to your own nation. Frankly, nobody has ever explained to me why the palestinians are entitled to Self Determination but somehow the kurds are not. I dont think thats fair, quite frankly. On the other hand, were told that if the kurds break off, theres practically no way that you could stop the radicals from dominating whats left of iraq and that the kurds provide some kind of counterbalance to prevent the radicals from gaining control. I would like to hear from both of you, what your views are on keeping iraq intact or not. As i described in testimony, its a concept that is under the iraqi constitution that would recognize a very substantial devolution of powers. Theres a recognition in iraq that from the center out youre never going to fully control all of these areas, particularly given the capacity of isol. And locals an
Come in and take out that encampment. I understand that this request went all the way up in the administration and was turned down. I am trying to get to the bottom of why. Particularly over the latter course of 2013. Poured out of the camps, particularly when they started to be hit and moved into the cities. But again, this is with a retrofitted cessna airplane. At least this is what i understand, from the iraqis, that they were trying to deal with in order to express that. Can you imagine how effective it would have been with something, you know, a platform that could really delivery something more than a hellfire . I also just want to correct the record. When the request did come in may, formal request for direct air support, that request never went up as being denied. Its under active consideration. Theres never been a denial. Thats like saying if i could interrupt you. I remember Elliott Engel making the point three years ago about support for the Free Syrian Army when there were
Going on with the mek in camp liberty, its not enough. Its not enough. We watched as they went in and murdered those people. Were looking for someone to take them. Why arent we deciding to take them . They are vulnerable. They are people who we have had to deal with. Is it our government i know i have a resolution, mr. Chairman, suggesting we take these people in. Theyre going to be murdered otherwise. So why are we just watching . Are we not why dont we move beyond that and moving them out . Were working, our Senior Adviser for mek resettlement is working actually he is on a flight tonight on this issue working to find more third country settlement opgs. One particularly, we are hoping that a country that has already taken a significant number will take more and perhaps a substantial amount more. We are working these leads very aggressively. Im happy to follow up with you on a more detailed briefing on where that stands. I would be very appreciative if you would follow up on those det