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Weinstein weinstein. his family paid a 200,000 ransom to get him freed. should families be negotiating with terrorists at all? here to debate that is former bush senior advisor on hostage rescue policy and former coordinator for the hostage working group at the u.s. embassy in iraq. what about this should we be allowing rich people to negotiate to get their loved ones back? well in reality of th of kidnapping ransom payments is generally how you get your people back. but, again, the u.s. policy in my humble opinion, needs to stay out of the private sector side. when you establish a policy it becomes perception that the u.s. will pay for hostages or allow families to do so, it sets a dangerous precedent. you can understand families are doing everything they can to get their loved ones back. ....
Now, let s look at question number five. after eight years of war and 4500 u.s. combat deaths in iraq, it s easy to see why some americans are not eager to go back. maybe you think not our problem or to put it even bolder, why should the united states care? let s bring in eli lake, senior national security correspondent for the daily beast. also terrorism expert robert mcfadden and former special agent with the naval criminal investigative service. thank you to both of you again. eli, let s start with you. can you make a case for why americans should care if iraq is consumed by sectarian civil war that some are calling it? well, i think there s a couple cases you can make. the first and most obvious one is that the lesson of the pre- 9/11 years is when fanatic barbarians like isis get a sort of safe haven they re able to plot attacks on western europe and other places so one of the prime objectives of the ....
How threatening is isis to our national security? well, it s a threat. i agree completely with the point about sanctuary. 9/11 and the response from 9/11 and us going into afghanistan of course to hunt al qaeda and stop it was to discorrupt sanctuaries for a group like that. with the amount of that the group like isis one of the fiercest groups on the planet is always a concern. now, for the right now, of course, it is greatly hyperfocused on present events in iraq, territory holding and territory. however, with the influx of foreign fighters especially into syria right now, we ll see what happens in iraq, when they come, why they come, the training and experience they get, then when they go home and for what reason and what they might do will continue to be a big concern for us and allies. i ve heard some of the ....
They ll continue to push with those small unit tactics that they ve been deadly and effectively. it s been working for them. certainly has. they re going to keep on pushing. robert mcfadden, stay with us. we ll take a break and be back in a moment. one of the biggest questions we hear, why should we care about what s going on in iraq as u.s. citizens? we ll discuss that next. yeah, girl you know, i ve been thinking about us and, uh, i just can t fight it anymore it s bundle time ....
Don t think anybody is safe from these people. i want to bring in now zayid mohammed. he s an iraqi journalist, lived in north irbil in the north of the country. forget about the leadership at the moment. what do iraqi people think about what is going on in their country and the possibility of western military involvement even just from the air? iraqis don t actually welcome western involvement, especially military kind of involvement, but they welcome political and diplomatic involvement. iraqis see that america is already involved in this action, america has put them into this. and they have seen that their country has become so vulnera e vulnerable, they ve never been so vulnerable like this before. and since 2003 they feel they haven t felt any stability. ....