to ward off the attack on baghdad by the sunni-dominated insur jepts. finally, why did someone think it was in interest so shift the power as a counterweight to iran as an ally of iran. who is that genius? and if george w. bush was so out of it to embark on this american excursion into insanity in the first place, why is president obama or anyone else knowing now that we ve achieved through all these sack fiss nothing, talking about doubling down with still more u.s. military engagement in turbulent messopotamia. iraq is falling apart. today, sunni militants vowed to march on baghdad. on tuesday, the insurgents took over mosul, yesterday took over control of tikrit, saddam hussein s hometown. today they attacked an iraqi security checkpoint just 31 miles north of baghdad. according to the wall street
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if we see iran get involved in this this country may split even further. bill: house speaker john boehner had words blasting the president and the administration who hailed iraq as a foreign policy success but has been ignoring the problems. it am not like we haven t seen the problem coming for the last year and we haven t seen the last five or six months these terrorists moving in taking control of western iraq. now they have taken control of mosul. they are 100 mile from baghdad. what s the president doing? taking a nap. bill: boehner says what s napping iraq is more evidence of the president s famed policies that are endangering our troops and citizens. reporter: the islamic state of iraq and syria was formed in april of last year.
baghdad to be a threat to u.s. contractors and other officials in baghdad. but to enter baghdad is one thing, but to control it and pose a major security risk is another. no doubt that the central government has a lot of a assets and strong military in and around the capital. so you can expect that if in fact the militants try to enter baghdad, it is going to be a fierce fight and the terrain of urban warfare would make it a bloody one as well. eamon mohyeldin, thank you so much from your vantage point. let me bring in congresswoman sanchez, a member of the armed services committee. thank you for having me on. as peter alexander reported the president said that all options are on the table and none of which includes boots on the ground, but would you support a air strike if that is the way forward? well, the first question that the american people have to ask
and half a million iraqis are fleeing. the terrorists vow to create a new islamic state in the heart of the arab world. are the militants unstoppable at this point? reporter: the militants are beginning to try to and promising to push into baghdad while the iraqi military is vowing to defend the city. we are seeing fighters from isis consolidate outside of baghdad. there is a martial law being instituted there. people are beginning to flee out of fever an upcoming assault. leaders are calling on volunteer to the defend the country. reportedly thousands of shiite muslims have answered the call but they are untrained and likely ill equipped. the iraqi army is literally fleeing.