i caught up with david petraeus to ask what went wrong with his grand strategy. we withdraw too soon? >> what created the fertile fields for the planting of the seeds of extremism once again in iraq was the prime minister's actions to go after the senior sunni arab politicians and essentially undo the efforts of reconciliation that he and we had done together during the surge. >> now mosul has been taken. it's on to raqqah. can mosul hold? >> the question is not can you defeat the islamic state. it's can you then achieve governance that avoids re-establishment of fields that are fertile for the planting of the seeds of extremism and the rise of isis 3.0. >> leon panetta says iraq is still not ready to go it alone. are we going to continue to play whack-a-mole in iraq in. >> the thing i worry about the most is we will again repeat the same mistakes we've made in the past by virtue of saying somehow, you know, we've now cleared mosul. it's up to the iraqis to try to deal with their own problems and try to provide security. i think that would be a terrible mistake.

caught up with david petraeus to ask what went wrong with his grand strategy. did we withdraw too soon? >> what created the fertile fields for the planting of the seeds of extremism once again in iraq was the prime minister's actions to go after the senior sunni arab politicians and essentially undo the efforts of reconciliation that he and we had done together during the surge. >> now mosul has been taken. it's on to raqqah. can mosul hold? >> the question is not can you defeat the islamic state. it's can you then achieve governance that avoids re-establishment of fields that are fertile for the planting of the seeds of extremism and the rise of isis 3.0. >> leon panetta says iraq is still not ready to go it alone. are we going to continue to play whack-a-mole in iraq in. >> the thing i worry about the most is we will again repeat the same mistakes we've made in the past by virtue of saying somehow, you know, we've now cleared mosul. it's up to the iraqis to try to deal with their own problems and try to provide security. i think that would be a terrible mista

conflict is now widely recognised as a major security challenge for europe the former cia director david petraeus gave an interview just a few days ago and he called it a geopolitical chernobyl and what i. find ironic here is that chernobyl that whole nuclear catastrophe was actually actually triggered by a full sea safety test would it be too farfetched for me to claim that the western position on syria is also partially based on the full understanding of what makes the world and europe safe and secure you know the first thing i would argue that refugee crisis is only syrian problem it is much wider of course with the refugees from all the region and also from low enough it's not it's not a syrian issue and another thing which was i recently read a couple of news. you and i share reported the syrian refugees coming back to the country they go into aleppo all their go into the mosque course and nobody realize that the go to territories which are under such territories wish under such control which means that they are not afraid of him and this is the thing we are overlooking totally what about th

that is exactly what david petraeus did and pled guilty to.n deutch did and was prepared to plead guilty before he was pardoned. what exactly hillary clinton did and should have resulted in her indictment. you can't take a classified document home with you and stick it in a drawer! it is an unauthorized, unsecure place. it's a clear violation of the espionage act. it is a crime. it needs to be investigated, and if comey did these things, he needs to answer for it legally. he is in legal jeopardy in my judgment. lou: the country is in jeopardy of, as you say, a government off the rails. to watch that judiciary committee today, and christopher wray, who otherwise may be a fine fellow -- >> he is a very smart man. lou: to perform as he did in such a graceless and in my opinion uninformed way about both the constitution an the law, and to have the committee so interested in their own partisan cant and interest, president of united states has to be besides himself watching this go forward. every citizen should be besides themselves to put up with t

occupation was considered a pacified city under a little known general called david petraeus.n mosul fell to isis. we're looking at a conflict that has already been over a decade. >> a million civilians have left. >> the old city lies in ruins, the site of some of the most historic architecture in iraq. the key point is this, where where do we find ourselves now? we're back to where isis was a jv team, to quote the immortal words of barack obama which is to say they're still stronger than they were when they left in 2009, 2010, 2011 when they were strategically defeated. they have a large group in euphrates river, but also in the desert bad lands of anbar province. this is the place to which they repair when they're looking to recalibrate and regroup and plot their grand return. now the question is, will iraqi politics cohere to such an extent

this is notable because harvey is a retired army colonel, worked with david petraeus as a part of the surge in the iraq war strategy. comes from the defense intelligence agency and that's where that michael flynn connection comes from that you noted, craig. of course flynn was the former national security adviser who was barely in office here just a matter of days before he was forced to resign over his lack of transparency about his russia meetings or connections. and so this is a change in part of the strategy. now, part of the portfolio for derrick harvey, we understand, deals with iran. the president had said he would rip up the iran agreement. that has not happened. there is an expectation that iran keeping to its promises with respect to its nuclear program, that's what's going on around the country has been recertified by the trump administration and so ongoing policy with iran might be an area that was a specialty for derrick harvey. we have not been told any more details. this separation announcement does speak in ways that might be different than others, praising his work, p

even like general david petraeus. >> and let's talk about anthony scaramucci. that rant this week. this expletive-laden rant. the one person we haven't talked about much is steef ban jnon. he really went after steve bannon. we can't repeat what he said. what will the relationship be like between those two men? >> bannon has thick skin. he's though stranger to insults that you can't say on television. he's directed many of those at fellow republicans like paul ryan. i think that relationship will end up being fine, believe it or not. pannon's position within the west wing is diminished. not what it was in the early months of the administration. i would expect in the coming days you would see scaramucci or we'll have him behind closed doors. they'll sit down. work out their issues. that won't be a problem. no question, power player he once was in that white house. >> and quickly. will the leaks stop in the future? >> this, you know, i don't see that happening. clearly, kelly comes in as a much more powerful chief of staff. stopping the leaks will be one of his top priorities. you sti

and as richard, you know, i've talked to david petraeus and others involved in the strategy over thes just a bit of that interview, which we'll be playing tonight as part of our contribution. >> mosul has been taken. it's on to raqqah. can mosul hold? >> well, this is a great question, because what matters most now is the battle after the battle. and a number of us have been saying this for some time. we really had no doubt, even two years ago in the darkest days when isis was seeming to knock on the doors of baghdad, that with our help, with reconstitution of those forces, with all that was still there in terms of the institutions' headquarters, equipment and so forth, that we could enable them and advise them and help them to rid iraq of the islamic state. at least in terms of the -- what is essentially an army. certainly there will be residual insurgents, guerilla governments. it was politics, political forces. the battle for power and influence in iraq at large and for various provinces. >> and richard engel is going to have a whole lot more. 10:00 tonight. don't miss assignment

wrote and ibook i just want to emphasize that to go back to the david for trace petraeus -- david statement, when i talk about is really the creation of the american national security state after world war ii up to the end of the kennedy presidency. it did not exist before world war ii. now we take it for granted. it's an everyday part of our lives. the question on tv is going to be soon -- a donald trump send troops to afghanistan? it's always about where should we intervene next basically? if you go back to the david for etraeustatement -- portrap statement, he seems to suggest that if we do not maintain order throughout the world, everything would collapse. that would imply that intervention or aggressive foreign-policy is necessary. i think that is the real purpose of the national security state. -- tos other purposes defend us against china. or defending us against terrorism, which is slightly higher odds. on the individual basis, not very likely. what are the cost of intervention? are the intervention themselves creating terrorism that we hear about now most every week somewhere in th

david petraeus is here. there is a focus on ai this year. we talked about the magically.is here to talk about the future of ai. as they arrived at the a lot, that is something all kinds of companies are interested in going forward. health care is a big issue here. there are executives from big health insurers here. the head of the mayo clinic and the cleveland clinic. i took an opportunity yesterday to talk about about the gop health care rule in the process for getting passage and here is what he had to say. >> i think the bill has to fail and i think it will fail. and then i think we need to go back and address what the problems are. interestingly, what dr. cosgrove was saying was that has been a conversation about policy but it has been entirely driven by politics. is here toe -- he deliver a policy discussion on the opioid crisis in the u.s. this is an opportunity for executives across the spectrum to learn about other things and he is hoping to get more people interested in solving that crisis. david: so whether washington is going to fix the health care thing or not

david pretraeus wht he thought of donald trump, ste going to be erratic? what did he tell you. >> i asked if he was fit for office and the response i got was shocking. i respect petraeus essentially he said it's immaterial. mattis and though guys are so capable they'll make up for the deficits that trump has. what trump has demonstrated time and time again, he doesn't listen to advice, wants it boiled down to tweet size. he says things and the team has to clean up for those things. i think this rationalization that adults are going to go and solve the problem isn't demonstrated to be working very well. >> mattis and mcmaster may have had influence in the president's comment today was he did reiterate his commitment to article 5 which says if any members attack, all members are attacked which means the u.s. is willing to help out. >> we're grading him on the curve, right? every american president for the past 75 years said that's a fundamental tenat. he has taken six months to get there. when he reads from a teleprompter seems there's control over 4iz behavior. but in the room with putin, there isn't going to be a teleprompter, he's going to be going off the cuff. what