joining us now is christopher dicky, the foreign editor o "the daily beast", who wrote a recent piece. you wrote before 9/11 we couldn't imagine guys with box cutters could kill 3,000 americans. you say too that we failed to see that this group that had, you know, controlled parts of syria would overrun iraq in a short period of time. >> we were working on the assumption that basically this group that was originally called al qaeda had been destroyed or neutralized, compressed, was defeated. that's what the surge did in 2007, 2008. >> we killed za cow which. >> we were in a situation where we said we have run, we have triumphed over the group and write them off. then they go to syria, and regroup. and take advantage of the group. but it's a few months since president obama called them the junior varsity. we didn't imagine, not on the basis of intelligence or some that indicated it, was ta this group could -- was that this group could move down and take over the second busiest city in iraq. >> we spent billions, if not trillions, fighting terrorists. better? >> there's a bunch of reaso

joining us is christopher dicky, the foreign editor of "the daily beast", whose recent piece is "i.s.i.s., al qaeda and our perpetual failure of imagination." good to see you. you write before 9/11 we couldn't imagine guys with box cutters could kill 3,000 americans. and you said we filed to see the group that this - that was controlling parts of syria, would overrun iraq in a short period of time. >> first of all, we worked on the assumption that basically this group that was originally called al qaeda, had been destroyed or neutralized, compressed was defeated. that's what the surge did in 2006 and 2008. into we killed their head. >> way back in 2006. we were in a situation where we said "we have won", we triumphed over the group. we go to syria, and they regroup. still, it's only been a few months since president obama called them the junior haves itty. we didn't imagine on the basis of intelligence, that this group could move down and take over the second biggest city in iraq shot. >> we spend bill yonls, and trillions fighting terrorists, how can we not do better. >> there's a bunch

let me bring in christopher dicky and former ambassador to nato. thank you for being with me. i want to get back to christopher immediately. i want to get to the ambassador first. let's talk about the cease-fire agreement. what is it going to take stick? what does mean? >> well, we'll have to see the details which haven't really been announced yet. i have a question how is russia going to sign on a size fire deal when the forces deny they're firing on the ukrainians. that's the real question. i think what president poroshenko is trying to do is gain time. his forces are losing quite a bit of territory. >> this is such an important point, christopher. russia has said the fingerprints aren't mine. i have nothing do with this. now they're agreeing to a cease-fire. it's a slight invasion here. they do one thing there and something else down here. and just like they're signing a cease-fire and attacking. so can they be trusted? there's a simple answer, absolutely not. the question is how much coerce can be brought to bear on them. not just are they promising to do things but actuall

let me bring in christopher dicky and former ambassador to nato. thank you for being with me. t back to christopher immediately. i want to get to the ambassador first. let's talk about the cease-fire agreement. what is it going to take stick? what does mean? >> well, we'll have to see the details which haven't really been announced yet. i have a question how is russia going to sign on a size fire deal when the forces deny they're firing on the ukrainians. that's the real question. i think what president poroshenko is trying to do is gain time. his forces are losing quite a bit of territory. >> this is such an important point,

. >>> i want to bring in christopher dicky and colonel eric rojo. thank you for being with me. want to start with you colonel ro rojo. as we watch the hearing on homeland security. the threat of isis fighter possibly crossing the border into the u.s. from mexico is coming up with some frequency. the white house obviously pushing back on the narrative. but is there, do you think, a threat of that in the future? >> jose, good morning. i don't think so. this threat of terrorists coming across the mexican border is something that has been a political football since 9/11. but if we discuss this in length there are many reasons we can show it's not a practical action on a part of the terrorists but mainly the probability of failure is too high and the possibilities to come through the canadian border or on an airplane are not easier for them than trying to crossing through mexico. >> why? why would it be easier? >> well, because, number one, as we know the 9/11 terrorists came with regular visas. the canadian border is much more porous than the mexico border. the only terrorists ever

joining me now is a foreign editor of the daily beast christopher dicky and gideon lynchfield.hank you for being with me. chris, to give a little bit of historical context. we covered the war, death, destruction and central america in the mid '80s. it might days for an report to air. how dangerous is it to lose the control to isis? >> well, i think it's very dangerous. you described isis as a propaganda machine it is. what it is. more than the land it's taken. more than the city's it's taken. it's taking over the media war around the world. and projects itself on a global stage whether it's on twitter other social media and essential it does so with the hideous videos, which are, let's be cleared, designed to watch and designed for people who would be completely repelled by, for instance, the decapitation shown ten years in iraq. this -- the foley video, the sotloff video, those are designed to look like something not so different than what you see on "game of thrones." and that a smart of them and really something that we should not encourage. i don't know how to avoid it. >>