thank you very much, jesse bogan.reciate it. >> you're welcome. >>> republican critics are not cutting the president any slack for his decision to defend the kurds in iraq. and even some democrats are warning that they will only support a very limited engagement in iraq. joining me for our daily fix, chrissil scizza, msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics.com and "the new york times" pentagon correspondent eileen cooper. thank you both very much. krirks this has become, as is everything, so politicized. the people have been criticizing the president for not doing enough, not getting involved now that he is getting involved, they are taking shots at him. how does he find his way through this. >> politically speaking, it's virtually impossible. that has almost nothing to do really with his party. any president, i think, given what we know about the american public, would struggle with this. the american public is supportive of sort of a humanitarian aid avoiding a genocide. they are in favor of interveni