an israeli journalist joins us and security expert jim walsh. that comes up at 11:15 for "a deeper look." >>> russia condemns violence outside their embassy. ukranian activists stormed the embassy in response to the shooting down of a plane. 49 service members were killed. the russian foreign ministry demand security for its diplomats, calling the lack of application a crave vial agency of international obligations. before the air strikes the ukranian government confirmed 270 deaths in the eastern prove jeps, 22 r -- province, 225 dayed in donetsk. two children were killed in attacks. al jazeera visited a hospital 2.5 hours from donetsk. doctors have been struggling to treat casualties. we have that story. >> we are on the frood the city of donetsk to the front line, through a maize of checkpoints. the army closes in, anxieties are closing. in the town here people lie against a backdrop of war. we are shown the areas functioning hospital where civilians and separatist soldiers injured in fighting are being treated. >> attacked by the shells, i w

political problem, you are really are not going to get at fundamentally the military problem. >> jim walshalways our expert research associate at m.i.t. security program joining us live from boston, jim, thank you very much. >>> the last time the united states got involved in iraq it was costly, both in terms of human life and the u.s. economy. al jazerra america's mary snow taking a look at the bottom line of bat. >> reporter: when the u.s. first 70 troops in to afghanistan in 2001, declared a war on terrorism and then invaded iraq there 2003, it expected its mission and cost of the iraqi war to be limited. the prediction was way off. the bush administration projected in 2003, that the iraq war would cast between 50 and $60 billion. more than a decade later, congress has appropriated $1.5 trillion for operations in iraq and afghanistan. and defense spending has increased. in 2001, military expenditures made up 3%. u.s. gdp. it got as high as 4.8% to receding the 3.8% where it stands now. some economy mists say the costs are even meyer. one report from the cost of war project from brown un

now they are gaining ground and getting support from the people. >>> jim walsh joins us. how does syria factor into all of this? >> it factors in insofar as what you have is a mobile group of sunni extremists going from one conflict to a second to a third - whichever is promising. we are seeing them move into iraq and advance forward. i'm a little more course about the prospects of this. they have expanded quickly, they haven't faced resistance. a lot of the troops that shed the uniforms and joined the other side were sunnis. this is a majority shia state. and with the aya tolla calling for mass resistance, it's unlikely that the group will achieve their able toive. it is to -- objective. it is to restore shia shrines. they have enjoyed successes. they got a bunch of money and arms as they expanded. as they expand, it's more territory to cover. i do not expect them to be victorious. i have to say, will they be pushed back? yes. this happening both ill for the future. >> also both ill for the prime minister. this is a rebellion against the prime minister in how he's handli

jim walsh is a research associate with mit and joins us. these thousands of hell-fire missiles - what is the u.s. government's rationale behind sending the missile. . >> the iraqi army suffers many problems - training and morale, and training. a lot of their equipment has been lost or stolen. to take on i.s.i.l., they'll need to shoot from the air or bring armaments on a desert highway in other locations to stop advances. >> you are a security expert. how do we ensure that the weapons don't fall into the wrong hands? >> it's difficult. the u.s. spent $25 billion trying to refurbish the iraqi army. one would say a lot of that mummy went to waste. the chief priority is stopping the advance of i.s.i. l. there'll be corruption, lost equip, equipment may end up in bad hands. people are making that a secondary issue. the house is on fire. they'll try to put it out. >> speaking of other issues, what about the drops, is the fact that they are armed - does that change anything? >> it does mean that we are getting slowly. ever so slowly getting invol

. >> jim walsh joins us. good to see you, jim, the possibility of the u.s. working with iran, the ranking member of the house committee said the president is grasping at straws, is he right? >> i would disagree with him about this. no, the u.s. has often cooperated with adversaries when they have a common interest. we cooperated with the soviet union to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and with iran, not because we like them, because it's in our self approximately to do so and in their self interest to do so. we had a common goal of supporting the iraqi government. >> the state department's said the this about iran: >> is it possible iran is part of the problem not the solution. >> this is a sectarian war, pitting one group of islam against another, but it's the sunnis, not the shias making gains and threatening to destroy the religious shrines and take over baghdad. you'll see some of those militia iran has trained may join the fight against isis in trying to push them back. >> bottom line, what role can and should the u.s. really play in stabilizing the

jim walsh an expert in north korea. >>> rebel fighters have renamed themselves and declared the creation of a new islamic county, sunni fighters and islamic state of iraq and levant calling it the islamic state, as the government's counter offensive appears to have stalled. imran cannes has the latest -- kahn has the latest from baghdad. >> reporter: iraqi army gets reinforcements in the battle to tikr tikrit. theys in the road from samarra to the town is secure. independent sources say they are 25km from the town. >> translation: up to this moment more than 70 terrorists were killed, and dozens of vehicles used in tikrit or the gore's office have been destroyed. >> although the vast majority of the fighters belong to the rebel group, it's the islamic state of iraq and levant who are in control of a media campaign, and they dispute what the government says. claims have been dismissed. they are in control of the city. they are willing to fight. they say that the i.s.i.l. leader is going to deliver a message for the holy month of ramadan and he has an ultimatum in that message. >> reporter

jim walsh joins us now. thanks for being with us. as the u.s. debates whether to use air strikes against isil. the bbc said syria has launched air strikes in iraq. meanwhile, iran and the u.s. both flying surveillance aircraft. just to be clear, the u.s. now finds itself on the same side at bashar al assad and iran when it comes to fighting this rebellion in iraq? not to mention forces that affected the u.s. not long ago? >> you're right. welcome to middle east politics where this sort of thing happens all the time. del said the enemy of my enemy is my friend. the iraqi government is going to take help wherever it can get it. that's the state of desperation. these fighters came in from syria, fighting assad in syria. assad sees it in his somebody to kill them from wherever it happens to be, from syria or iraq. it does certainly start to feel like a regional war when you have so many countries coming across the borders. >> doesn't the u.s. need to be careful. you've got special forces and iran's revolutionary guards operate, iraqi security forces

we have a you know spokesman and diplomat and fox news contributor and jim walsh, international security expert at the mit security studies program. start with the first part of that question, rick. why does this matter? >> well it matters because there is a whole bunch of actual implications to putting together the pieces of intelligence. the one thing we have to remember intelligence is an estimate. it is not a science and too many people that have never read intelligence or that have never gathered intelligence think it is just one of these things that, like a science and it's not and it's one of the most important reasons why when we have leaks or we have individuals who give away how we get intelligence, how we gather it, why that is so concerning. >> let me ask jim a little bit about that. jim, is this picking off what rick had to say, a failure of intelligence or a failure to plan proactively, whatever the situation is on the ground? >> i think rick raises a good question. there was some reticence on the obama administration to share the intelligence for the reason that rick cites

here to analyze the deal and mixed response from congress, jim walsh.e joins us from water town, massachusetts this morning. good morning, mr. walsh. it's always great to see. you let's start with this, in a joint statement, two republicanles said the president should have notified congress and that: does this set a dangerous precedent? >> it doesn't. first of all, it's not a precedent. every country that's been at war has prisoner exchanges, including the united states, who has negotiated in the past, ronald reagan, you may remember famously secretly tried to negotiate arms for hostages. president bush during the iraq war negotiated with a sunni terrorists who were killing american soldiers and eventually were converted to what we call the sons of iraq. every country does this. israel trades hundreds of palestinian prisoners for a single israeli soldier. it's not unprecedented. the taliban want to kill americans. we want to kill the tap ban. how much more incentive do you need? i don't think this fundamentally changes the dynamic at all. >> if the tali

. >> joins us now is jim walsh, with mit's national security's studies program. >> let's talk about the american embass in baghdad. is it in danger? >> obviously if there's a war essentially and that's what we have a war going on in iraq, there's a danger. i would say it's in pretty good shape. as you pointed out, it's the largest and most expensive u.s. embass in the world. >> we have a picture showing the size, 80 football feeds in size. pick up your thought from there about how you protect a facility this large. >> it's huge and it benefits from unfortunately from having experience. we had an active sunni in surgeons in iraq. through trial and error, american officials have learned to protect that. you have mortar detection systems in case rockets are launched into the compounds. you have explosive sniffing dogs. heavily fortified posts. the president recently dispatched 250 members of the army there under the control of the ambassador at that compound. my guess is that number may increase, as well. the other thing i would say very quickly is the u.s. embassy is not the top target of

. >> joining us to discuss the president's plan is jim walsh, a research associate with mit's security prom. the iraqi people don't want boots on the ground and there seems to be a concern about air strikes hitting civilians. do you think this is blow back from shock and awe? >> i think you're right. iraq has been through a lot over this past decade and a half, experienced war and u.s. fighting first hand. in the region generally, there's a nervousness about u.s. intervention that predates iraq. certainly the iraqis have fresh memories and bad memories about that experience. >> you think we won't be greeted at liberators if we put forces on the ground? >> people have divided feelings. it depends what community you're a part of. the shia community looking at baghdad about to fall, they might be more flexible in their opinion. when push comes to shove, if they're really in danger, you can believe they'll call on the americans. >> that brings us to the point the president was outlining, saying this is not america's fight. he said this is between sunni, shia and kurds. >> he starts offer s

jim: with a bit of imagination. the more you know. >>> john walshe junior democratic senator from montana, the one who has the same haircut as the senior senator from montana, john walsh, the guy on the left here, he's only been in office for about four months. he was sworn in in february, after being appointed to fill the seat left empty when max baucus became ambassador to china. but now, less than 120 days after getting the job in the first place, senator walsh is having to get going on his re-election campaign, which is kind of really is his election campaign, since even though he's the incumbent, he never ever actually had to run to win that seat. that said, senator walsh of montana had no problem winning the democratic primary last night. given the results of the republican primary last night in montana, we now know that the general election in november is going to be a big purple state fight in montana between incumbent senate democrat john walsh and republican congressman, steve danes. congressman danes' voting record ranks him as the single

walsh is a research associate with m.i.t. security studies program. he joins us this morning. jim, good morning. secretary kerry now in baghdad. how difficult will it be for him to convince al-malaki to create that more inclusive government that so many are talking about. >> i think it's going to be very difficult. first of all, malaki has had eight years to do that. he hasn't done it yet. now we're in the middle of a crisis, and it seems to me what he's doing now politically is taking advantage of that crisis to try to hold power. he has not had an inclusive government. he's played the sectarian card and now since early june, to have doubles down on that. he is making this a shia defense issue, rather than talking about holding iraq together. i think it's going to be very difficult. mostly, leaders don't like to give up power. i think that will be true in this case. >> former leaders, paul bremer saying that he believes it is a mistake, that the u.s. sent a signal to al-malaki to do what he wanted to do. is he right or are we talking about revisionist history here? >> i agree with bremer in his