reporter: and at home. it s really confusing to me, my hope is it s just a president right now that is hoping to make some kind of big deal, grand bargain. reporter: cnn, the state department. as michelle mentioned, contrast to what secretary mattis is saying, mr. trump repeatedly has spoken differently about iraq and its oil to me and others, take a look. i would bomb the hell out of those oil fields. we will circle it and we will take the oil. we should have taken the oil when we left. i would take away their wealth. i would take away the oil. what you should be doing now is taking away the oil. i have always said shouldn t be there, but if we are going to get out, take the oil. if we would have taken the oil, you wouldn t have isis. if we are going to leave, keep the oil. keep the oil. keep the oil. don t let somebody else get it. remember i have been saying for two years attack the oil. everybody said oh, trump with the oil. but i said more than attack it.
we will circle it and we will take the oil. we should have taken the oil when we left. i would take away their wealth. i would take away the oil. what you should be doing now is taking away the oil. i have always said shouldn t be there, but if we are going to get out, take the oil. if we have taken the oil, you wouldn t have isis. if we are going to leave, keep the oil. keep the oil. keep the oil. don t let somebody else get it. remember i have been saying for two years attack the oil. everybody said oh, trump with the oil. but i said more than attack it. i said attack it, take it and keep it. we should have kept the oil but okay. maybe we ll have another chance. joining me is cnn military analyst, retired army lieutenant general mark hertling and michael duran, author of ike s gamble, america s rise to dominance in the middle east. general, we have discussed what is by all estimation a completely bizarre notion that
all right. we also learned iraq launched a new offensive to regain control of western mosul from isis. this happened over the weekend, backed up by u.s. air strikes. what can you tell us about this operation? reporter: this was very much expected, and something that the iraqis wanted to get out there, to let it be known that their troops were leading this fight to retake western mosul, backed up by u.s. air strikes. u.s. special operations forces increasingly on the ground in and around mosul, advising and assisting those iraqi forces. so make no mistake, it s very dangerous business. as they move into western mosul, we know they expect to encounter suicide attacks, car bombs, snipers, all of it. so it will be very dangerous business. but the iraqis really on the ground leading it fight. they hope to get mosul back perhaps within weeks, ana. barbara starr, thank you. here now to discuss further, colonel cedric layton, a retired air force colonel, and former
Latest u.s. state department report says between 2014 and 2015 crime went up 4% but it was mostly computer fraud, and that national crime statistics here in sweden are lower than the national statistics in the u.s. and that brings me to a tweet from a former foreign minister here, karl bilt, who wrote on twitter today, quote, last year there were approximately 50% more murders only in orlando and orange in florida where trump spoke the other day than in all of sweden. bad. ana? bad. i wonder what that s in reference to. thank you so much, ivan watson, we really appreciate your reporting. also coming up here at this hour, defense secretary mattis says the u.s. is not in iraq to seize iraq s oil, a different message than the president delivered to the cia just last month. if we kept the oil, you probably wouldn t have isis, because that s where they made their money in the first place.
Stick to the policies laid out by president trump on the campaign trail. and defense secretary mattis made an unannounced trip to baghdad to show his support for coalition forces there in the fight against isis. to look at what the map looked like eight months ago to where isis is today, it s heartening to come back at this point in my new capacity. and this is the lobster party. red lobster s lobsterfest is back with 9 irresistible lobster dishes. yeah, it s a lot. try tender lobster lover s dream and see how sweet a lobster dream can be. or pick two delicious lobster tails with new lobster mix and match. the only thing more tempting than one succulent lobster tail, is two. is your mouth watering yet? good. because there s something for everyone, and everyone s invited. so come in today.