Nasdaq futures under pressure as well. London and paris have wrapped up abbreviated sessions. Germany, among the abbreviated markets that are closed on this new years eve. The client is in europe following a pretty brutal month for european stocks. We have seen some selling of treasuries lately. Yields higher today. A bit of a different story. Crude oil, arguably the story of the year. Down again under pressure. Both wti and brent above 30,000 a barrel. Will the s p finish in the green for the year . New years eve celebrations already kicking off around the world. Some cities canceling plans over security concerns. George lucas opening up about his breakup with star wars saying he sold out to the white slaves. Disney down 10 since november. Can the s p finish the year in positive territory . Thats a question that will be answer in the final day of 2015. Nasdaq leading with a year to date gabe of 7 . 0. 2 . Just 4. 5 points positive for the year. The dow jones, nearly, 1. 25 . Mike with
Certain areas, if you believe that was the right and to recommend to the president. We have heard from many officials attempting to walk that back. You were a commander saying honestly and sincerely what you would do, you would recommend what was necessary if you thought it was necessary to accomplish the mission. I wonder if you stand by that, if you believe it is necessary you will go to the president say, mr. Obama, i need Ground Troops in certain roles to succeed here . If youre asking me if i would provide my best military advice at all times, the answer is absolutely. If youre suggesting that i might at some point recommend that we need a large ground force to counter isil, the answer to that is also absolutely. It does not have to be americans. Ideally, for the kinds of issues we are confronting there, the ideal for some of the only truly effective force that we would be able to reject isil from within its own population, is a force comprised of iraqis and kurds and moderate syr
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Update, as i mentioned previously, of the 20 or so the brigades, we are beginning to do two things good working with the Iraqi Military leaders to ensure that what occurs on the ground is their campaign, not our campaign. We wanted to be there campaign. Our campaign where we dragged them along for legitimacy. I can assure you that some of the activities all of the activities in and around baghdad have been iraq military leaders establishing priorities and objectives enabled by us. We are making progress. We have to have a larger, longer campaign that actually recaptures lost territory. What risks . By the women, the men and women in uniform understand how to manage risks. They have been trained and equipped for the last 12 years. Zero, never have risks at but i can assure you that these young men and women will mitigate and reduce it to the greatest extent possible. Believelieve do you you have avoided civilian or casualties . Do you have any reason to believe the reports that Senior L
Part. People across this house have been saying its got to be done in the neighborhood, weve got to engage the region. If we say im sorry, this has nothing to do with us, were not going to intervene, it surely means we have less moral authority to say we want you to play your part as well. Finally mr. Speaker, we should pride ourselves on our traditions of internationalism because that is when britain is at its best. Being internationalists and not withdrawing from the concerns of the world. Mr. Speakerer, i want to Say Something about the underlying reasons for wariness and i think we should confront it directly. That is the 2003 war in iraq. I understand why some who are in this house at the time will wonder if this is a repeat of that experience. In my view it is not and it is worth setting out why. First, as the Prime Minister said, this case is about supporting a democratic say the. It is not about overturning an existing regime and seeking to build a new one from the rubble, much