about isis in iraq. one thing that has happened is there is a political scene that is led to a security scene between care cook, the kurdish area of control -- in kirkuk and the iraqi government area of control and isis has exploited that where there is a vacuum of control. they have been executing it large number of attacks, low scale attacks, not massive operations. but they have a steady drumbeat of these attacks going on in kirkuk, and kurdish controlled areas outside baghdad. to wrap up, one reason why as mike mentioned, you keep the pressure on them and you can degrade them but they bounced back. one reason is they are organized as insurgencies. there's all kinds of redundancies and built-ins to basically keep them coming. so when you'd knock down that top-tier there someone you need them. h he haska abdulla been in the game since 2004. >> again, thank you all. we have time for a few more questions. let me try to refocus this around protecting the homeland and how that relates to technology and afg

the first is isis in syria. despite our discussion, which was critically important and needed to be done people did that should be given enough a lot of credit for it. you'll know that isis is on the rebound. in the middle east. it is reconstituting. isis attack in enright are on the rise. in iraq predict including in just a few weeks ago. just an hours drive from baghdad. and in the authority recently arrested semite isis to conduct an assassin in germany and already acquired weapons they were in the process of acquiring explosives when they were arrested. if this is just me that isis may be the process of rebuilding. and they have capabilities in europe and devastating effects in terrace in 2015 and 2016. the second thing you worry a great deal about his al qaeda in afghanistan. the taliban today is militarily and politically stronger than it any time since 911. and i believe the telamon is peace negotiations with the united states as shown is exactly what we want to hear in order to encourage us to leave the

isi and saying things that were the same as what isis is saying. one of the only -- he is mentioned in a couple of -- mentioned in weed that -- they managed to kind of keep him onboard because they recognize, this guy is so important to our western audience we can't throw the baby out with the bath water. and awe the outtriche westerners is very influenced by him. there's a concept that isis used to attract and create an identity crisis, refer to the degree zone or the gray area and stay isis is in gray zone and say in the united states, in the west, muslims occupy the gray zone, this area between right and wrong, between the west and islam, where we're fighting the clear war taking place and this gray area where all these western muslims are and have not taken a side, sitting on the fence. our job as a terrorist group is to force that decision on them through acts of violence texas some risk the gray zone, make it impossible for muslims to make the minds up. extremists want you to make your mind up. don't care what necessarily side you choose. the

i mean what does that mean for them right was interesting because when it comes to isis the u.s. has said recently that their only reason for being in iraq is because they want to defeat isis but at the same time the group didn't rise to power until after the u.s. had already been occupying iraq for more than a decade but now they're coming back and saying our wait a 2nd let's pull back as long as there's not a resurgence of isis and it's interesting because as we've seen reports have said that the group has been ramping up attacks in rural parts of iraq over the last year and they go on to say that both the frequency and character. the attacks have been steadily increasing and there is data that suggests that the islamic state is moving skilled fighters to the area from syria to stoke and new insurgency and we seem to see more support for isis when the citizens of iraq are unhappy with their government but at the same time the iraqi government has the full support of the u.s. so if there are any changes made in that government to make the citizens happy then that could receive b

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isis in iraq and also in syria and this if this is the very same isis that the united states and its regional allies whether it was turkey saudi arabia the emirates all of them and israeli regime they're all supporting isis out idea of the other extremist groups of these 2 men were he to defeating those who are carrying the black flag whether those isis well i the head there is far as you're concerned as far as iraq is concerned iraq of course voted to expel the u.s. troops soon after this repercussions for it but it's still not happened so what tangible repercussions has the u.s. suffered because of this and what should happen in your view. well i think the americans are going to see the pressure build up against it across the board in the region and it casts a catastrophic economic situation that we see in the united states and among its allies and more importantly in this region countries in this region are having a very tough time the saudis are spending money like there is no tomorrow there are their oil wealth is decreasing rapidly because of the economic situation the same is

[applause] sawknow, when joe biden isis overrun hard often one ground -- isis overrun hard-one won groundthis commander-in-chief, america took down isis' leader without one american casualty. [applause] usa usa usa usa [crowd chanting] >> usa usa president trump: edward remember when joe biden sent pallets of ander terrorists and -- remember when joe biden sent pallets of cash to terrorists in iran? well, president trump got us out of the disastrous iran deal and qassem solemani is gone. as the father of the u.s. marine, i couldn't be prouder to serve alongside a u.s. president who cares so deeply about the men and women of our armed forces. , on jobs,ice is clear on national security, this president knows national security starts with orders security. [applause] with border security. [applause] biden supports open borders, president trump is building that wall on the southern border of the united states. [applause] [crowd chanting] builds that wall. build that wall. build that well. build that wall. vice president pence: we are building it. you will see. this president has stood with law

how big a blow is that to isis? >> definitely an important strike against isis. he is a longtime member of al qaeda in iraq and targeting their leadership is critically important for our counterterrorism efforts. counterterrorism relies on human sources. that's how we determine where these targets are located hence the war word for justice money. >> with all that is going on in our country, isis has become an afterthought to the average american was from a resources perspective house the war on turbine compromised by the protests we are seeing in the streets and juul -- covid-19? >> i don't think so. our own intelligence community and militaries extremely focused on conducting those counterterrorism operations which keep our homeland safe. just yesterday christopher ray was talking about the number of terrorist plots the fbi has stopped. our enemies, our adversaries are not stopping efforts to target us in the homeland and overseas and that's why we need to continue these important operations. isis, we destroyed their so-called caliphate that they are recruiting

i remember even early in the obama administration, we were in the depths of a financial isis. we have a hundred 50,000 troops in failing wars. there is a christmas day bomber who did not even succeed in hurting anybody except himself, letting his underwear on fire. it consumed our media for weeks. this is why am talking about this kind of mindset. you can have the best strategies in the world, but if the politics of this country that congress responds to, that media responds to -- it is hardwired to be afraid of certain things and not others. -- to quoteg to do my old boss -- stupid stuff like going to war after war in the middle east area -- middle east. kal: i don't think you are directly quoting your boss. i'm not going to defend that position vociferously, but isn't part of the issue that people fear that if you do not react strongly, you will embolden? so at bottom, there is a deterrence rationale and ability rationale. overboard,gree we go but it's not like being hit by lightning. i would say here is, how many americans are killed by gun violence in this country tomorrow

they all called isis the jv. they lavished praise on iran. all i can say is joe biden's judgment when it comes to being commander in chief let's don't go there as a nation. president trump's greatest accomplishment to me, greatest of all really is restoring our position in the world. i mean, domestic policy is important but we've learned what happens when you take the eye off the ball over there. 9/11. we saw how america was treated under the obama years. our friends couldn't trust us anymore, our enemies walked all over this. this is memorial day. we've had thousands of people, about 6,000-plus die in iraq and afghanistan. we lost 3,000 americans almost in an instant on 9/11. so foreign policy is not talked about enough, but i can tell you the terrorists are out there trying to hurt us every day. if the ayatollah had a nuclear weapon i'm convinced he had use it against our friends in israel and try to turn the world into his version of islam. he's a religious nazi. china has been eating our lunch. thank god that president trump has stood up

and embrace of his brand that continues in isis media.h related and very good questions but from people who know what they're talking about. we have a sophisticated audience. there is a whole chapter about his influence. and one that plays a lot i give a lot of credit to him and i think it's on that you written about. a couple things to keep in mind. early baghdadi, when they said 0 six, was a controversy about this, al-qaeda was not entirely sure and he really open in 0 six, he prays on the establishment of the islamic state. in one of the reasons he prays and. one because he said we finally have a great example of theory turning to practice, the taken idea and implementing it in setting in the islamic state, it's such an important example and he no this is the first step towards the end of where this is happening, geographically, it is a sign that we had taken another major step for fulfilling the prophecy and at the end of the days happening in the part of the world. that may sound familiar to people who know about isis because that's

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c c was able to say there's a threat from isis you want to defeat it give us the tools and we'll take care of this for here. we have a fantastic relationship with egypt and we appreciate what you're doing but israel sisi really such a good bargain for the west. in april 28th egyptian president of the fatah el-sisi secured a 2nd time in office after winning 97 percent of the vote yet the results were hardly surprising. there were technically 2 candidates but the other candidate was the most optimistic. in fact the supporter who had stepped into the contest at the 11th hour to prevent the embarrassment of a one horse race. 3 men from within the military establishment had initially challenge how seizing for the presidency in a very short space of time all 3 candidates were dispensed with by at the c 3 salmiya not a retired general was charged with breaching military regulations. and consul was a little known army colonel was court martialed and ahmed shafik a former air force commander withdrew from the race after being held in a luxury hotel for a month. both recently president and sisi

we if you look at the, i mentioned isis. isis, when this became hyper focus of this entire country, it was when they killed four americans. tragically and i'm not minimizing the loss of any american life but what is it about our politics in society that terrorist organizations can kidnapped and killed four americans andturn this country completely upside down ? i remember even early in the obama administration we were in the midst of a financial crisis and we got 180,000 troops in failing war and you had the christmas day bomber who didn't even succeed in hurting anybody except himself, letting hisunderwear on fire and consumed our media andpolitics for a week . thisis what i'm talking about t , this kind of mindset . you can have the best rant strategies in the world but if the politics of this country congress response to, that the media response to his hardwired to be afraid of certain things and not others , you're going to do to quote my old boss stupidstuff . like going to war after war in themiddle east . and. >> i do

you know when i took over isis was all over the place. and i did something that i felt we should do. and we have now obliterated, we have now captured 100% of the isis caliphate. 100%. [cheers and applause] and like our depleted military when i took over. like our empty shelves medically when i took or. like all the things when i took over was a mess, we have done a job. you need to see what isis is doing. they were getting bigger, bigger, bigger. we'll launch a new able of american ambition in space and the united states will be the first nation to land on mars. we saw the beautiful rocket three week ago go up. beautiful. we'll defend privacy, free thought, free speech, religious liberty, and the right to keep and bear arms. and when you see those lunatics all over the streets, it's damn nice to have arms. all of a sudden people understand it. you couldn't sell it. now people understand it. the right to keep and bear arms. we'll protect your second amendment. we'll never stop fighting for the sacred values that bind us together as one am

trapped in northern syria by isis forces and then cut to them dumping their bodies this large natural or such and the immediate question was well how many more people are changed out there how long as isis using this location. when the british forces we took that area they opened up the possibility to go and so when we got there it became obvious very quickly that it was contaminated with multiple unexploded munitions to potentially be trapped by isis. we didn't know how deep it was and so this profile from the pressure raises a lot of questions of utilities well the drone even operates in this case beyond our sight immediately the drone was almost destroyed by a flock of birds. and then it lost the g.p.s. signal and the drug was crashed but it managed to get out and went showed us was something. we had not expected. to get something for the body there's one. bodies human remains that were obviously. fresh the drugs also provided us with heat bits of evidence that we needed to help our you in advance for. professional forensic examination and then to identify them their human remains

hands with glee at what is happening the mother is in hong kong and liz also not forget isis all in exodus cos so not only go that the americans and turkey and saudi arabia has already sauces priscilla's face in your life all isis classes engine china and i can say that i saw on chinese diplomats who have told me that and it is quite well known in china. you know george the interesting thing is that all of this attention on hong kong at the end of the day if it's negative returns because how can it actually its importance to the chinese economy has been diminishing year after year that china has plenty of financial hubs right now i mean. it well isn't the price of the earth that used to be made by the this color revolution attempted there you know applying in hong kong with mit plenty of willing participants ok again go to the national endowment of democracy site they have their pictures and shaking hands with ok when members of congress this is all transparent but the thing is if it whatever it may be different one country 2 systems it's actually these activists in league with thei

and something even worse done al-qaeda namely the isis expression which script across the region and then across the rest of the world so it's not chopped out in history that we'll be able to look back on with any pride our toll and it's been an art to our miserable failure as well as an immoral mess. michael to put you in the hot spot on the story most americans watching us right now have no earthly clue what's really going on in that country they just know there's a bunch of factions fighting and sometimes we're on one side the russians are on another side and the turks have now gotten in there it's just too hard to keep score in the end would you recommend that we as a nation should just step aside in that conflict. well 1st of all we were never invited in as as the russians and the iranians were by the by the government there that's a legitimate government. assad's government whether we like assad or not he was he was voted the and is recognized by the united nations as the leader we were never invited in we are occupying the northeast ringback over the over the oil we are blocki

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