Against president obama will work or whether its all politics. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with david gregory. President obama warning against a quick fix, limited u. S. Air strikes have yet to solve the critical situation in Northern Iraq for thousands of christians who remain surrounded and in fear of their lives. The Iraqi Government claims 500 have been killed. The isis fight including many women and children buried alive. The u. S. Is also determined to stop the militants from capturing the city of irbil in the kurdish area of Northern Iraq. Home to hundreds of american personnel. Fighters for the Islamic State are in control of several key cities. Joined now by chief pentagon correspondent who has an indepth look at why the president started air strikes now and whether theyll be successful. Good morning. Good morning, david. At this very moment last week, nobody at the white house or the pentagon for that matter expected american war planes to be launching
Against president obama will work or whether its all politics. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with david gregory. President obama warning against a quick fix, limited u. S. Air strikes have yet to solve the critical situation in Northern Iraq for thousands of christians who remain surrounded and in fear of their lives. The Iraqi Government claims 500 have been killed. The isis fight including many women and children buried alive. The u. S. Is also determined to stop the militants from capturing the city of irbil in the kurdish area of Northern Iraq. Home to hundreds of american personnel. Fighters for the Islamic State are in control of several key cities. Joined now by chief pentagon correspondent who has an indepth look at why the president started air strikes now and whether theyll be successful. Good morning. Good morning, david. At this very moment last week, nobody at the white house or the pentagon for that matter expected american war planes to be launching
Fight. I think we always have to guard against. American and combat troops are not going to be fighting in iraq again. Since then, the militants have gone on a rampage, taking iraqs largest christian town earlier this month. Seizing the mosul dam, key to iraqs infrastructure and routing the kurdish peshmerga. When thousands were forced to flee for their lives with no food or water to escape the brutality, it forced the president s hand and gave him the opening he needed. Now, any u. S. Military intervention would be framed in part as a humanitarian operation. And i believe the United States of america cannot turn a blind eye. It was the most immediate objective. The Security Forces have up until now proven themselves to be effective despite a lot of american training which leads us with the kurds. And the kurds have proven to be a loyal ally to the United States. Too much was at stake to let the region fall without a fight. With little support from nato allies from military action, the
Lawyer greg craig will discuss whether the legal maneuvering against president obama will work or whether its all politics. Announcer from nbc news in washington, this is meet the press. And good sunday morning. With president obama warning against a quick fix, limited u. S. Air strikes have yet to solve the critical situation in Northern Iraq for thousands offy i Diddy Christians who remain surrounded and in fear of their lives. This morning the Iraqi Government claim at least 500 have been killed by isis, including many women and children who were buried alive. The u. S. Is also determined to stop the militants from capturing the strategically important city of erbil in the kurdish area of Northern Iraq home to a u. S. Consulate and hundreds of american personnel. Fighters for the Islamic State are already in control of several key cities in iraq and syria. Im joined by our chief pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski who has an in depth look at why the president started air strikes
Over the impeachment of president clinton. Newt gingrich and former clinton lawyer greg craig will discuss whether the legal maneuvering against president obama will work or whether its all politics. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with david gregory. President obama warning against a quick fix, limited u. S. Air strikes have yet to solve the critical situation in Northern Iraq for thousands of christians who remain surrounded and in fear of their lives. The Iraqi Government claims 500 have been killed. The isis fight including many women and children buried alive. The u. S. Is also determined to stop the militants from capturing the city of irbil in the kurdish area of Northern Iraq. Home to hundreds of american personnel. Fighters for the Islamic State are in control of several key cities. Joined now by chief pentagon correspondent who has an indepth look at why the president started air strikes now and whether theyll be successful. Good morning. Good morning, dav