You can also let us know what you think on social media. Our twitter handle is cspanwj. We are on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Or, you can send us an email at journal cspan. Org. Now, white house spokesman josh earnest was at a News Conference on friday to explain the president s decision. Here is what he said. [video clip] our efforts have improve their performance on the battlefield. It has yielded progress. The president wants to identify that assistance that we are providing. One way to intensify that assistance is pair them up with experts, some of the smartest, bravest, most effective fighters in the United States military. That is exactly what were doing. I do expect that will improve their performance on the battlefield. They will not be in a combat mission. [indiscernible] they could find themselves in a combat situation. There is no denying the amount of risk they are taking on here. They will be equipped to defend themselves. Host we are talking about the u. S. s decision to send special forces to syria. The story made headlines in many of the major newspapers this morning. Here is the article from the new york times. The story says, while the itloyment is small in scale, was large and important for a president who had refused to commit american Ground Forces inside syria beyond quick raids. The white house officials said adviseops wer would thel forces fighting i Islamic State. It goes on to say, the move was meant to bolster diplomatic efforts by secretary of state kerry who, on friday, reached an agreement in vienna with countries with opposing stakes. O explore a nationwide effort meanwhile, in the washington ost, the headline was, obama seeks to intensify operations in syria with employment. They write, their main focus advising syrian arab and Kurdish Forces who have fought this law mcstay. The u. S. Troops are expected to remain largely at the headquarters level, where they will assess the local situation. The story goes on to say that appointment of special thattions forces suggests the ministers will also soon intensify. The white house plans to send a 10 planes and at 15 fighter jets jets. 5 fighter the heavily armored a10s, which fly low and slow, are built to back combat. In the wall street journal, there was an update of peace talks, or host of peace talks,. N vienna the reporter writes, the agreement was leaked on friday after seven hours of discussion, which meant restarting talks opponentsria and its on a new constitution and elections, which are now backed by allor the first time regional and international u. S. , including russia, iran, and saudi arabia. State institutions will remain intact. Assad is not excluded from the process of drafting a new constitution, and organizing your and supervised free elections. The statement did not call on of side to stop the use barrel bombs. The statement from secretary of state john kerry, make no mistake, the answer is not to be found in a military alliance, but in a broad diplomatic solution. We want to know what you think. You support or oppose this move. Our first caller will be jim from north dakota, who opposes this move. Good morning to you. Caller how are you doing . Host what is your thought this morning . Caller i just have to repeat i hate to be a one note guy, but i want to set the tone by reminding everybody. The last time i called was an issue surrounding Something Like this. I wish you would talk more about what im going to say because it matters more than just what is or westg in syria africa. That is at this point, there are hundreds of thousands of muslim refugees marching through wheatfields, heading to europe. Germany is going to take an 850,000. They were forced to buy the eu. Riots going on. Eastern europe, which probably has more the memory of life under the Ottoman Empire, as i said before, the word lav,e comes from s and i think they have a memory. That is why romania and hungary are going to secure their borders. We are worried about these attacks on the periphery of the west. It does not matter because it is demography. It is people. It is the fact that they are different. The fact that they will not assimilate, and it will simply conquer. This is the third and final invasion of europe. Senator,ick durbin, a foring on the senate floor 100,000 muslims to be set here, refugees. Host you are worried that if ofre is an intensification ground efforts in syria, it will drive people to leave the country and moved to other parts, the u. S. , europe, etc. Moving here are anyway. That is the policy put in place. This month is the 50th anniversary of the immigration and nationality act pushed by ted kennedy and other people. It is finally coming to fruition. That is the final plan, the demographic shift. It is more of a racial thing than religious. Simply a cultural genocide against the white race. Jeffreyr next caller is from michigan, also calling to oppose the decision. Good morning to you. Caller yet, i opposed the war. Im old enough to remember world war ii. Instead of world war ii, we have continued wars, continued wars. We will have wars forever. Maam, it is awfully strange talksny time someone about social security, it is always going to run out, we do not have enough money for it, but we always have enough money for the military industrial complex. We are going to fight for ever. Thank you, maam. Host that was jeffrey from michigan. Our next caller is mike from maryland, also calling in opposition. Good morning to you. Why do you oppose the decision . Caller i hope you will give me a minute. I want to verify what im talking about prove what im talking about. Im against involvement in syria israel, andica, other allies are the ones who are supplying and training the isis forces in order to topple the regime. Basically, isil and al qaeda are the cats paw for nato. Go to this website called full voltairenet. Org. Or, google isil meeting in france. Newas attended by generals, gingrich, joseph lieberman, as well as European International leaders. It is a website, and shows how the west supports isil and the terrorist organizations. Isil and al qaeda is a front group for nato, in order to topple regimes. All right, we hear your thoughts this morning. Our next caller is dan from wyoming, who supports the move into syria. Why do you think we should be sending troops into syria . Caller i think it is a positive thing. What happened earlier this year, we took out the leader of isis. That proved that special forces have it under control. Put themhink they will in a really bad area where it of combathold bunch. Oing on host we are taking your calls on the decision to deploy special forces to syria. Support, 202 7488000. If you oppose, 202 7488001. You can also send us a tweet, we are on twitter, the handle is cspanwj. You can find us on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Or, send us an email at journal cspan. Org. Here is some reaction from lawmakers on capitol hill. Speaker ryan on the announcement, here is his statement. Host also on twitter, Lindsey Graham broke, president obama is americans at risk without a clear strategy. Meanwhile, chris murphy, praying that the in the talks produce ceasefire. One more from senator angus king, he tweeted, Congress Needs to meet its responsibility and consider the author is an administration. Yesterday, indiana, secretary of state john kerry mentioned the differences of opinion in the situation in syria. He talked a little bit about how that should be handled. [video clip] the states position is that there is no way president assad cant unite and govern unite and govern syria. Our goal is to work with syrians from many factions to develop that choice. We cannot allow that difference to get in the way of. He possibility of diplomacy that is the significance of the decision made here today. Even though we acknowledged the difference, we know it is urgent to get to the table, and begin the process of real negotiations. We are deploying a twopronged approach. We are intensifying our counterdash campaign and our diplomatic efforts in order to end the conflict. We believe the steps are mutually enforcing. That is why today president obama made an announcement about stepping up the fight against dash. He authorized a small complement of special u. S. Operations forces to be deployed to Northern Syria in order to counter dash. At the end of the day, the United States, and our Coalition Partners believe that there is absolutely nothing we went do ash then find as thatical solution sidelines the person that tears terror attracts terror. Host if you oppose this decision, you can call us at 202 7488001. F you support, 202 7488000 our next color is en, calling from maryland, in opposition to the decision. Im a democrat, and i voted for obama. Im really disappointed in a lot of his decisions. This is a really, really bad one. When i got through to cspan, i got through to cspan when they were talking about going to to begin with. My comment was that machiavelli quote everybody is fighting everybody, and you go in there, and you have 10 different sites that you are fighting. Isis has to be taken care of. We are starting to get ms over here. Our own cities are starting to look like more zones because they are falling apart. Host what do you think should be done . Is this a situation where the should pull out and not get involved at all, or is a shouldon where the u. S. Send more than just 50 special forces . Where does it and . They will end up fighting. I doubt the people they are training will fight. We trained all these fighters in iraq, and then left, because we had to. Host all right. We hear your thoughts this morning. A few comments now from twitter as well. Keeperson writes, now we taking ourselves deeper. Another person writes, we should not spend a single penny more in the middle east erie finally, the moderate rebels are fighting to overthrow their president , like if iran sent 50 soldiers to help overthrow president obama. The Washington Post provided a few more details as to what the special forces might be able to provide an syria. Here is what the article says. Fewer than 50 special operation advisers to be deployed in syria , the small number of troops, though seemingly and nokias, and decades a significant escalation in the united state efforts to defeat the Islamic State as it effectively dismisses the white houses notion of no boots on the ground. Though it is unclear which syrian groups the u. S. Commando , the kurds and Syrian Arab Coalition have received u. S. Material and close air support. In the past, the for special forces group has led the syrian train and equip program, make it for their knowledge on the ground makes them a prime candidate for the mission. Again, we are taking phone calls. You can let us know what you think of the move. 202 7488000 is the number to call if you support the idea. If you oppose it, you can call us at 202 7488001. Send us a tweet, the handle is cspanwj. You can find us on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Send us an email at journal cspan. Org. A few other headlines for you, before we get back to the conversation. Reaking news from nbc a russian passenger plane has disappeared from radar over sinai. The story says that a passenger plane with more than 200 people therd disappeared from radar on saturday, officials say. Federal air Transportation AgencySpokesman Says that a search is underway 79,628 which was operated under the metro jet d and was bound for 24, which tracks air traffic, said the missing plane was around 18 years old. Updateolitico, this debate on the republican debate. For inl partner with nbc november debate. A letter fromotes the rnc chairman which says, the cnbc network is one of your media properties, and its handling of the debate was conducted in bad faith. We understand that nbc does not exercise full editorial control over cnbc, however, the network is an arm of the organization, and we need to make sure there is not a repeat performance. After the debate, the candidates lineout at cnbc for their of questioning. The february form, scheduled for february 26, at the mercy of houston, was the only republican primary debate said to be kos cohosted by a hispanic news organization. A debate will still occur on the debate, and the National Review will still be a part of it, but he did not say whether another spanishlanguage Media Organization will be involved. Also, politico has an heres what they had to say. Republican candidates are scheduled to gather sunday power from theve hands of the Republican National committee. Not invited to the meeting, anyone from the rn d, which many rnc, which many candidates have criticized. On thursday, many of these thatigners told politico the rnc, which has taken a greater role in the 2016 debate process, has felt to take their concerns and account in account. At least half of the candidates discussing began among themselves how the future debates would be organize, not leaving it up to the rnc or television networks. We are taking a thoughts on whether or not we should be sending troops into syria. Our next call is eric from pittsburgh, pennsylvania, calling to oppose this move. Caller asking christian muslims too train fight other muslims, they are going to put on a good show, but their heart is not in it. Host all right. A few more headlines for you now in the news. The state department has released the latest batch of clinton emails. The state department on friday released more than 7000 pages of democratic president ial clintonshillary emails. Is the sixthdump of its kind this year, following a lawsuit under the freedom of information act. It is the largest single release of clintons emails. As of friday, 51 of the emails identified as workrelated have now been released to the public. Between 200300 have been classified as confidential. President obama back in 2013 made the case for the u. S. To begin airstrikes and syria. Here is what he said back then about the possibility of sending troops into the region. [video clip] , what doesyou asked put us on a slippery slope toward. One man wrote to me that we are still recovering from our involvement in iraq erie a veteran put it more bluntly, this nation is sick and tired of war. My answer is simple. I will not play american boots on the ground in syria. I will not pursue an open ended action like iraq or afghanistan. I will not pursue a Prolonged AirCampaign Like libya or kosovo. This would be a targeted strike to achieve a clear objective, deterring the use of chemical weapons, and to grading assad capabilities to degrading assads capabilities. Host that was present obama in 2013. Part of the debate is over what and howcombat means, exactly these forces will be used. In the Washington Post, there is this analysis of what that. Erm means as i said before, American Forces in iraq will not have a combat mission, however, the story says that 3300 u. S. Troops that are stationed in iraq are helping local forces battled the extremist group. U. S. Planes have been flying bombing and Surveillance Missions for over a year. In keeping with obamas promises to keep u. S. Troops out of another prolonged ground war, the pentagon has given american troops a limited mission in iraq, consisting of primarily advising local forces and rebuilding the countrys hollowed out army. The mission is very different from the 20112013 war. Yesterday, when josh earnest was asked about combat operations in iraq, he said that the mission is to train, advise, and assist, and that differs in the longterm sustained ground operations that took place over after the invasion. Fromext caller is norma west palm beach, florida, calling in support of sending troops into syria. You are on the air. What are your thoughts . The president s request. He has said this from the very beginning that he would train and support the iraqis no matter where. You know, it is very important for us to defeat isil. They keep calling it isis. They are not a state. It is isil. Have dash, which is even worse than isil. We need to support the iraqis in fight, along with the other countries that are fighting with us. Host do you think that 50 troops in syria is enough . Largeruld we have a presence . Aller i do think it is enough i think it is working well. I was listing to the press secretary. If people would only listen to the press secretary went all the reporters are questioning him, then they would get a lot more information about what is going. N host ast the next caller is manual from los angeles. What you think about this move . You are on the air. Caller thank you for cspan. Listen, i really think it is a until the people in the middle east come to grips that they should find some type of peace among each other, even if they agree to disagree, or if the United Nations come together and have one defined objective to what needs to be done in syria. It would be a different thing. In the meantime, it is just a. Ot of perpetual war, confusion all it ends up doing is spawning more groups of people to come out against the dictator leaders, who they oppose and their own country. Host you may have missed it earlier, but we showed this story from the wall street , looking at the talks going on in vienna. Do you think that the decision to send special ops there, into in opposition to what is happening in vienna . If assad wasnk then told agreement with the talks, and involved in it, maybe we could come to grips, and find some common ground. Of thed is not part discussions, then it makes you wonder what is he going to turn around and do . Host that is a manual from emanuel from los angeles. Peter, you are on the air. Caller im not calling to oppose anything. Thank you for cspan. Sending 50y you are troops, correct . Host thats right. Caller that is so not true. You cannot send 50 people to a place where there are so many contingencies with that country, it is ridiculous. It is not sending a handful of people. Either we are going, we are not, correct . That is peter from california. In the new york times, there is this editorial. The military escalation in iraq and syria. The weighed in to say pentagon continues to call the campaign in syria and iraq and mission, aadvise character he sent characterization that was misleading when the campai