dr. walid phares. good to have you both here.thoughts on the speech and what it means in terms of our future campaign? >> i thought it sounded good. my concern is it won't work. the following reasons. there are a lot of moving parts that have to go perfectly for the president to succeed. we have to rely on unidentified moderate syrian rebels. as yet i'm formed iraqi government that is going to be reliable, an inclusive, and get everyone to sign up. yet i'm assembled coalition of countries in the region who mayor may not fight. in that coalition might be countries like iran to buy saudi arabia. lou: and also the question, who is going to pay how much. your thoughts on the president's 14 minutes? >> well, look, at one. a lot of chaos was surrounding it not just here but in the arab world. the president said there will be no rule for the gasol regime. allied with the regime against to isis which means that the iranians cannot be direct partners. having said that, many moving parts and most of these parts are invisible. first questio

dr. walid phares. good to have you both >>> welcome our fox news contributors.d to have you both here. your thoughts on the speech and what it means in terms of our future campaign. >> i thought it sounded good. my concern is it won't work for the following reason. there are a lot of moving parts in this that have to go perfectly and align perfectly for the president to succeed in defeating and destroying isis. for example, we have to rely on unidentified syrian rebels we're going to arm. there's an as yet unformed iraqi government that's got to be reliable and conclusion sieve and get everybody to sign up and there's an unassembled coalition with may be countries like iran or syria. >> and the question, who's going to pay how much for all of this. >> sure. >> walid, your thoughts on the president's 14 minutes? >> look, one point i found was to be made, it was made. a lot of care was surrounding it not just here but the arab world. he said there would be no role for the asset raegime which meas also that the iranians should not be direct allies and partners in t