we we ve seen firsthand the suffering of the yazidis. it s sad. are they the canaries in the cold mine that kind of describe what happens if isis comes to town? yeah. and we can t allow another yazidi you were talking about the policy and obviously it changed developed, evolved. is it now still degrade and destroyed isil as you call them, over a period of three years? well you know, we have an assessment at this organization of just how strong it is. we do think that within appear idea of two to three years we can significantly degrade the organization. that means it won t be holding territory anymore, won t be a major threat to the u.s., but sit going to take time. the united states can t lead from behind because we re just we re too big. it s not a matter of leading from behind and sort of sitting there and twid ling our thumbs and getting everybody else go off and figure this thing.
what they need. we we ve seen firsthand the suffering of the yazidis. it s sad. are they the canaries in the cold mine that kind of describe what happens if isis comes to town? yeah. and we can t allow another yazidi you were talking about the policy and obviously it changed developed, evolved. is it now still degrade and destroyed isil as you call them, over a period of three years? well you know, we have an assessment at this organization of just how strong it is. we do think that within appear idea of two to three years we can significantly degrade the organization. that means it won t be holding territory anymore, won t be a major threat to the u.s., but sit going to take time. the united states can t lead from behind because we re just we re too big. it s not a matter of leading from behind and sort of sitting there and twid ling our thumbs and getting everybody else go
we ve seen firsthand the suffering of the yezidis. yeah. some horrific stories. yep. so are they the canaries in the coal mine that kind of describe what happens if isis comes to town? yeah. and we can t allow another yezidi yezidi. you were talking about the policy, and obviously it changed. it developed, it evolved. is it now degrade and destroy isil, as you call them over a period of three years? well you know, brett we have an assessment of the organization and how strong it is. we think within a period of two to three years, we can significantly degrade the organization. that means it won t beholding territory anymore it won t be a major threat to the u.s. or our interests overseas. it is going to take time. the united states can t lead from behind because we re just too big. so it s not matter of leading from behind and just sort of sitting there and twid ling our thumbs and let everybody figure
we ve seen firsthand the suffering of the yezidis. yeah. some horrific stories. yep. so are they the canaries in the coal mine that kind of describe what happens if isis comes to town? yeah. and we can t allow another yezidi yezidi. you were talking about the policy, and obviously it changed. it developed, it evolved. is it now degrade and destroy isil, as you call them over a period of three years? well you know, brett we have an assessment of the organization and how strong it is. we think within a period of two to three years, we can significantly degrade the organization. that means it won t beholding territory anymore it won t be a major threat to the u.s. or our interests overseas. it is going to take time. the united states can t lead from behind because we re just too big. so it s not matter of leading from behind and just sort of sitting there and twid ling our thumbs and let everybody figure