there are even reports that they did meet with american claire rick now dead and the so-called underwear bomber the fellow on that plane who wanted to run it into detroit with explosives and luckily failed. so you've god aqap isis, no wonder this weekend the french prime minister came out and declared from the perspective of france, there was a war on terror. back to you, arthel. >> indeed it is. and a lot of dots to connect there. greg, thank you so much. eric? >> as greg just mentioned, the prime minister of france did declare that his nation is quote, at war with radical islam. eric holder who is in paris was asked if the u.s. would say the same. >> we are at war with those who would commit terrorist attacks and who would corrupt the islamic faith in the way that they do to try to justify their terrorist actions. so that's who we are at war with. and we are determined to take the fight to them. >> well, to them, he didn't say it, how do we defeat radical islamic terrorism. john boll ton joins us now. fox news contributor. we have seen these incredible inspiring images from paris, the