all of in raising questions about whether there is a crisis in morals and ethics in special operations units, still killing enemy forces 18 years after 9/11. yes they are asked to go out and kill as part of their jobs. but supposed to be able to do it with discipline and do it in ways that don t allow them to lose bearing and lose discipline. so far top military commanders say they don t believe there is a systemic problem from in the special operations community. but make no mistake there are growing questions whether the members of the elite units after all the years can handle the violence and stress of the work ner asked to do. wolf. and there is no doubt these young men and women they re under enormous pressure especially in a war zone, so many years after the war started in iraq. still a war zone in iraq right
strategic operation right now, and they re not. so pulling them out will not cause us any harm because that s not actually how we defend ourselves from terrorist operations around the world, so it s the right thing to do. eric: what about critics who say our presence helps bolster the fight against the iranians specifically, helps buttress? the foundation of democracies say, quote: those troops and civilians with the hinge of long-term iranian with containment backed up by allieded european special operations units that check the advance of a much larger and costly iranian, russian and syrian forces. trump s withdrawal has signaled boredom, pick ifingness, fatigue and fear. he s weakened american allies in the region and probably obliged the kurds to seek protection from russia from iran and russia. so, colonel, what do you say to those who think this was absolutely the wrong decision,
offload those responsibilities, training, advising militaries, typically a special operations duty for a long time, the feeling is they are well suited to combat all the threats they stand against, but they understand they are stretched thin. leland: we did a lot of reporting at the pentagon about breakdown in readiness, the air force who fly their bombers, the marines, a number of marines die in training accidents, is so old. how much of those problems trickle down to special
to inflict mass casualties. i think most importantly the war on terror did not end with the death of usama bin laden. there have been more terror plots against the west since his killing. then at any time since 9/11. analysts report french and british authorities are seeing a big jump in women getting involved moving from supporting roles to carrying out the operations. british sean: joining us now, colonel oliver north. she spot on, were seeing an explosion of terrorism. despite the horrendous casualties among the iraqi military and a special operations units, isis will be defeated militarily in rocca and assyria. isis is still going to exist, there may be as many as 5,000 foreign fighters who have
the death of osama bin laden. there have been more terror plots against the west since his killing. then at any time since 9/11. analysts report french and british authorities are seeing a big jump in women getting involved moving from supporting roles to carrying out the sean: joining us now, colonel oliver north.ol she spot on, were seeing an explosion of terrorism. despite the horrendous casualties among the iraqi military and a special operations units, isis will be defeated militarily in rocca and syria. isis is still going to exist, there may be as many as 5,000 foreign fighters who have returned home to countries not all of which are on our watch list. foreign fighters going home are