the question is whether our government the people running the war have any idea what they re doing. the commander in chief doesn t have any idea what he s doing. but the american people know what needs to be done. the american people want to send ground forces to iraq right now to fight isis. there was a poll in march that said 36% of americans want to send ground force to iraq including 73% of republicans and 53% of democrats, a majority of democrats think we need ground forces. there s absolute consensus among the american people that we need ground forces there s consensus in our military commanders. the only one who doesn t seem to realize that we can t win this without ground forces is the commander in chief. even the washington post addressing that saying president obama refuse to send special forces and military assistance that could meet the threat. he thinks everything is a commitment to a long-term war. we ve lost mosul, with eave got
weapons down. it s a serious problem because we re not there with them. and all eyes are on baghdad as a city fall to isis. this was an important one and a an important one to get back. pete thank you. thank you, megan. joining me with more mark who just penned a washington post column. mark thank you for being here. the wag post out with an editorial from the paper calling this a stunning fall in ramadi saying it exposes president obama s weak strategy saying the u.s. lack as strategy going on to say, there was hope that the president s half measures might be enough but now even modest optimism is questionable. what does it tell you? it tells me that we re talking about the wrong thing. we spent the last week talking about what happened in iraq 12 years ago. while we wer doing that in the here and now, the terrorists
pete we show that video. of course not to be sensational sensationalist about the loss of american lives but to remind the audience of the blood and treasure that was left on the streets of that city. and for what? now that it s back in the hands of these terrorists. you know to the veterans of ramadi and anbar province i salute you. to the 238 men who gave their lives in that soil we will never ever forget you. and for the policymakers in that administration who forsake that and threw that under the bus, shame on you. this policy has consequences. retreat from the battlefield before it s finished has consequences. ramadi is strategically significant. the logistical supply lines between baghdad and syria and the dam that could unleash water on baghdad. this is a huge blow to the effort of defeat isis and a
were on the march in iraq. they took ramadi over the weekend. on the outskirts of baghdad. 80 miles away. our strategy in iraq is failing despite months of american bombing. the terrorists are on the offensive. this is and unmitigated failure. what the american people want to hear from their presidential candidates and the president of the united states is what are you going to do about it today? as a person who asked jeb bush that question both are relevant. people want to know what the philosophy is in terms of going to war. at what point is it worth it. i want to ask you about what the post outlined tonight. they talk about how captains are being slaughtered. that isis seized u.s. military equipment, including 30 u.s. military vehicles that we gave them the day before, the day before as we re saying this is a pr stunt. we re giving 30 vehicles that now are in the hands of isis.
major blow to everyone who gave so much. who turned that country around. ramadi is where the anbar awakening started. ramadi was pacified in 2008 2009 2010. it didn t needs american troops to remain secure. but when we didn t sign the agreement and president obama and hillary clinton supported a policy of retreat in iraq it slid in the wrong direction. i thank everyone who served and gave so much but the policies of the administration unfortunately have undercut it. we were just told on friday that they the were on the defensive, the islamic state was on the defensive. 48 hours prior to this event, the top u.s. official said it might be a pr stunt, the reports we were hearing about the damage there. do you believe we have a handle on what is happening with the islamic state in the middle east right now? no. there s a fundamental break.