some play here that we could actually create a government in baghdad that was a national unity government. and right now the maliki enterprise isn t any of those three things. i don t think it s a high-probability shot. and chris, if maliki continues in government, it s a zero-probability shot. i know what wendell said about our not insisting that maliki go, but frankly, i can t see this happening at all if he remains in power based on his track record. in your scenario, isis ends up holding on to a big chunk of western and northern iraq that you call sunnistan. do we just sit by and let this group, which al qaeda says is too violent for them, create a state in the middle of the middle east, in the center of the middle east and a base of operations for terror attacks? no, no.
was wrong, that there s still some play here that we could actually create a government in baghdad that was a national unity government. and right now the maliki enterprise isn t any of those three things. i don t think it s a high-probability shot. and chris, if maliki continues in government, it s a zero-probability shot. i know what wendell said about our not insisting that maliki go, but frankly, i can t see this happening at all if he remains in power based on his track record. in your scenario, isis ends up holding on to a big chunk of western and northern iraq that you call sunnistan. do we just sit by and let this group, which al qaeda says is too violent for them, create a state in the middle of the middle east, in the center of the middle east and a base of operations for terror attacks? no, no.
was wrong, that there s still some play here that we could actually create a government in baghdad that was a national unity government. and right now the maliki enterprise isn t any of those three things. i don t think it s a high-probability shot. and chris, if maliki continues in government, it s a zero-probability shot. i know what wendell said about our not insisting that maliki go, but frankly, i can t see this happening at all if he remains in power based on his track record. in your scenario, isis ends up holding on to a big chunk of western and northern iraq that you call sunnistan. do we just sit by and let this group, which al qaeda says is too violent for them, create a state in the middle of the middle east, in the center of the middle east and a base of operations for terror attacks? no, no.
plus, new gdp numbers out this week to give us a report of the economy. one industry that s been thriving all along? technology. we look ahead on sunday morning futures. good morning. with more and more of iraq falling under the sway of sunni militants, what can the u.s. do to stop the country from completely sliding into chaos? congressman peter king is a member of the house permanent select committee on intelligence. and the former chairman of the house committee on homeland security. congressman, good to have you on the program. thanks so much for joining us. thank you, maria. thank you very much. so i guess the question is, at this moint, does maliki have to go? yes, i do believe maliki has to go, but i don t know if we have time to wait formal maliki go. at this point, it is crucial that we stop isis.
of what is happening now in iraq, there is, according to iraq s constitution a power sharing mechanism that will bring kurds and others to the tables. one of the things that the kurdsish leadership has told nbc news they want to see prime minister maliki go. we ve heard as well over the course of the last several days some of the same cause being echoed by senior members of his political party as well as some of the country s top leadership. the question is whether or not he s going to heed the calls and step aside and let somebody else try to form the government. he s going have the mandate to form the government. whether or not people will rally behind him once that cabinet is formed. i think that s the question that secretary of state john kerry was alluding to more and more importantly what kind of government is going to look like with representation from a cross section of iraq s society. the deadline for maliki to form the government, it s a week