shiia and sunni in the region. libya next, could be other spots. as we see that, we are not dealing with the brew making this such a toxic mix in the region. we are dealing with where it pops up trying to deal with those wounds. is there realistically a way to deal with that larger brew you re pointing out here? he talked about vienna. these are all flirtations trying to make something happen. i ve got the russians, iranians, the saudis. a lot of nations not on the same side. so there is the prospect there. it s not on you see good results come out of those processes unless someone looks as if they are controlling the board. unfortunately, the united states and west are clearly not yet controlling the board. not as much as i think is necessary to get a good outcome. interesting we saw kerry s meeting tomorrow, but this release from the russias saying russian/american relations are difficult.
afterwards? do you really need ground troops? i mean what is the point? u.s. tanks to shoot at an isis tank. you can do that better from the air. but if you can identify the a ace s isis tank. u.s. troops to soimp a house, you can do that better with iraqi forces if syrian forces or jihadi forces can get there. so the push for u.s. ground forces is like a it s a lashing out for give me a quick fix, give me a quick fix, there s not a quick fix on this. this can conflict is not really about terrorism in the region. it s really about who s going to control the region. is it going to be the sunnis operating out of saudi arabia? or is turks where the greater auto man empire or is it going to be the shiia, with purra reaching across and into iraq and into lebanon directly.
providing counterterrorism support, training support and advisors on the ground, but i think the americans would not stand for a million troops on the ground and i don t think it will take that much. it may take a million local forces doing the fighting. we need to support them, but i don t think it will take a million americans to help with that. final word, bob. the problem is the locals. i don t trust them. i don t trust the afghans. the afghans caused that raid in kunduz against the hospital, bad information. we have no allies in iraq we can trust. the shiia government we can t. same way with yemen and syria. we train four or five people, locals? they will be wiped off the field. we have no allies in that part of the world we can trust. thanks very much to both of you, a very sobering conversation. learning new details about the oregon shooter including that much like the sandy hook shooter, he and his mother knew a whole lot about guns. plus marco rubio with one of
alarmed since you entered the cia decades ago. you warn we are about to have a conflict, a war like we ve never seen. absolutely. you look at syria with russian so-called volunteers coming in. the first time there s been a russian invasion of the middle east, if you like. they are siding with the iranians, with bashir assad. these division are getting deeper and more violent. saudi arabia will react to the russian moves by supporting groups like the islamic state, if indirectly. i ve got afghanistan, islamic state rising there, the taliban, they attacked kunduz today. they are not stopping. you have iraq, there is a movement to expel us among the shiia militias. i don t know it s going to go that far. i only see things getting worse and you have yemen getting worse. you talk about a conflict like we ve never seen. the war on terror has been going
values and principles of america, then of course it should matter. if it myths within the realm of america and consistent with the constitution, no problem. do you believe that islam is consistent with the constitution? no, i do not. i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree with that. dr. carson doubled down those comments on an interview with the hill newspaper. whoever takes the white house should be sworn in on a stock of bibles, not a koran. muslims feel that their religion is very much a part of their public life and what you do as a public official, and that s inconsistent with our principles and our constitution. carson also suggested muslims cannot be trusted. he told the hill there is a component of shiia that encourages you to lie to achieve your goals.