. >> i just want the american people to know we're not going to let iraq happen in afghanistan. if there's a sustained effort for -- by the taliban to take a major city, we should not sit on the sidelines and let that happen. that is not in our national security interests, is it? >> i agree, sir. >> thank you. >> counterterrorism, what's the likelihood of another 9/11 being generated from afghanistan if we went down to 1,000 troops in january 2017? >> sir, i'd be concerned that we would not be able to perform our counterterrorism mission. >> would you say it would be high? >> it would be definitely higher, sir. >> okay. so the counterterrorism mission is one of the most important to the united states. how many counterterrorism forces will we have in place under the current plan in january 2017? >> sir, i can't answer that question right now but i'll be happy to come back to it. >> isn't there a plan that envisions going down to hundreds? >> sir, the plan right now at the 5,000 would still include a significant counter -- >> would it be enough? >> that's what i would like to asses

let me move to the issue of iraq. obviously a couple clips came out. let me play you the howard stern clip in 2002. >> okay. sure. >> we have an idea who the enemy is and a lot of times the politicians don't want to tell you that. >> are you for invading iraq? >> yeah, i guess so. um, i wish it was -- i wish the first time it was done correctly. >> now, clearly you didn't sound like an enthusiastic supporter of the war. but i am curious in the second part of that quote, i wish the first time it was done correctly. what do you mean by that? >> well, what i mean by that is it almost shouldn't have been done. you know, i really don't even know what i mean because that was a long time ago. who knows what was in my head. i think that it wasn't done correctly in retrospect it shouldn't have been done at all. it was sort of, you know, it was done. we dropped bombs. now, if you look back, actually that was probably the correct way of doing it, not going in and not upsetting giving them a lesson or not. i think senior actually did a pretty good job of what he wa

footage on his cell phone. >>> only rosa and tearr tara holder had things go to have rails. >> let's talk about iraqlet's talk about donald trump's position when tamara says -- >> it's tamara. >> it's the same difference. you want to come on with big bobs then you deal with the pronunciation of your name. donald trump stands firm on what his position is about us going into iraq. >> wait a second. what are you -- why are you bringing up tamara's books? >> it's what he says -- >> he is going back talking about you were a democrat and you supported hillary clinton. if you want to get personal we can get personal. let's talk about donald trump and iraq. >> how does the size of my books -- considering this is how i was born. >> no, i called you a bob. i'm sorry. i should have called you a bob. >> that was a big blunder. why go there? >> i never have gotten why what anybody cares about politics. now we know how she deals with women who she disagrees with. >> he just passed 20,000 likes on our facebook page. check it out, become part of the conversation. i respond to your comments and your questions. media

" and fox news contributor tamara holder when things, well, kind of went off the rails. >> let's talk about iraqp's a position. when tamara -- >> it's tamara, tamara. >> it's the same difference. so you want to come up with big boobs, then you do it with the pronunciation of your name. look, donald trump stands firm on what his position is about us going into iraq. >> wait a second. why you bringing up -- -- why are you bringing up tamara's boobs? i don't understand why you brought up her boobs. >> oh, you were a democrat and you supported hillary clinton. you want to get personal, you can get personal. let's talk about donald trump and let's talk about iraq. >> the size of my boobs considering this is how i was born. >> i'm sorry, i should have called you a boob. >> that was a big blunder. why go there? never quite gotten why anyone cares what omarosa thinks about politics? but now we know how she treats women she disagrees with. that's it for this edition of "mediabuzz."howard kurtz. we just passed 20,000 linings our facebook page. check it out. i respond on video to your question, mediabuzz@f

that's the way to go in iraq because the alternative which is sectarian division, we know where that leads. >> rose: while we're in that region, let's talk about the iranians. what is their goal in iraq and syria and how much of a participation are shia militia and iranian militia participating in the war in iraq and hezbollah supported by iran participating in syria? >> well, iran seeks to expand its regional influence in all kinds of ways -- iraq, syria you've seen them in yemen, you've seen them in lebanon -- and that's a serious concern to us. it's one of the other major commitments we have in the middle east in addition to the defeat of i.s.i.l is to check iranian maligne influence there. you ask about militias in iraq. this is why it's so important it be the iraqi army, not militias. >> rose: but militias have played a role. >> yes, and that's why it's so important that not they but the iraqi army retook ramadi, and we're supporting the iraqi army. >> rose: have you noticed any change in iranian behavior since the nuclear deal with iran was accomplished? >> well, we've certainly noticed their behavior with respect to -- >> ros

iraq. underestimated. 2003, we said let's build an army.rstood challenge annually take many more years to do this. we committed resources. made that decision. things on a path. you could see iraqi security forces could be capable. to take on immense challenge. we laughed. wrong time. -- last. >> not a criticism. environments, not turkey, russia, forward,urope, 1918 conventional armies and structures and culture have a hard time dealing with those environments. who does well? the high-end guys. golden lions. like in vietnam. lots of local militias wearing black john is out there defending hamlets. the focus on that. prime minister abadi, idea of recruiting city locals to popular mobilization units. he 5000. when -- 25,000. people fighting and and bar. recruited and trained by us, as well. some working out. capabilities to train. motivation. motivated people. a lot can be done. 10,000 sunnis currently under , many more without progress being made in baghdad, want to fight. cannot get an audience in baghdad. we'll get an audience with k argie.

i say opportunities because our strategy is let me take iraq first, is to enable the iraqi security forces. that is a process that involves training them, equipping them and when they go to battle helping to make them successful as we did in ramadi. why is that the strategic approach? capableit takes motivated -- motivated local forces that we know from experience in iraq and afghanistan to take territory, hold territory, and govern territory and prevent the reemergence. charlie: only locals can provide the maintaining and keeping? sec. carter: we cannot substitute for them but we can enable them and help them. we are constantly looking for ways to do that. so just in the last few months to give you an indication, we have introduced some additional strike forces in the region. charlie: what does that mean? sec. carter: some special forces capable of doing raids and strikes and assisting the iraqi innterterrorism forces striking isil targets. these are special forces being used on offense admissions to strike isis. >> we announce that about a month and half ago. charlie: that is an a couple

. >> i just want the american people to know we're not going to let iraq happen in afghanistan.if there is a sustained effort for -- by the taliban to take a major city, we should not sit on the sidelines and let that happen. that is not in our national security interest. >> i agree, sir. >> thank you. counterterrorism. what's the likelihood of another 9/11 being generated from afghanistan if we went down to 1,000 troops in january 2017? >> sir, i'd be concerned that we would not be able to perform our counterterrorist mission. >> would you say it would be high? >> it would be definitely higher, sir. >> so if the counterterrorism mission is one of the most important to the united states, how many counterterrorism forces will we have in place under the current plan in january 2017? >> sir, i can't answer that question right now but i'll be happy to come back to you. >> isn't there a plan that envisions going down to hundreds? >> sir, the plan right now at the 5,000 would still include a significant counterterrorism -- >> would it be enough? >> that's what i would like to assess,

charlie: let's talk about the iranians. what is their goal in iraqnd syria, and how much of precipitation are shia militia and the iranian militia participating in the war in iraq and hezbollah participating in syria? sec. carter: iran seeks to expand its regional influence in all kinds of ways. you have seen them in yemen, lebanon. that is a serious concern to us. it is one of the major commitments that we have in the middle east, in addition to the defeat of isil, is to check iranian maligned influence there. you ask about militia in iraq, this is why it is so important that it be the iraqi army, not militia. charlie: but the militia has played a role. sec. carter: yes, but that is why it is so important that not they, but the iraqi army retook ramadi. charlie: have you noticed any change in iranian behavior since the nuclear deal with iran was accomplished? sec. carter: we certainly noticed their behavior -- carrying out the terms of the nuclear deal. charlie: though the behavior was not part of it, there are those and secretary kerry was one of t

has gone into different countries, he said let's take libya or iraq, the u.s. has left only ruined refugees and blood. anchor: also on the set, we were just seeing some of those horrific pictures of aleppo. is there any chance that russia might stop this military airstrike? >> you are asking me the question o, no. there is no chance. it sounds a lot like newspeak we are hearing. 1984, two plus two equals five. you say white and i say black. not only is there no sign of airiding of the russian campaign but the russian defense ministry just came out with a statement saying, i have gone on 510 sorties in the past week. they are not trying to hide it at all. as far asve reports the humanitarian side of this. doctors up borders are officials on the ground in the region saying that medical workers are being forced to flee for their lives in the area around northern aleppo. this has been a recurring theme here. it's not just a matter of we haven't russian military invention involving war jets over the skies of northern syria come a it is also a matter of he said, she

iraq's loose ends when we continue. it's inside story. >> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. >>> you're watching inside story. we're talking about the iraq war and republican politics this time on the program. is donald trump making it okay or at least thinkable to on interrogate the g.o.p. consensus on iraq, why the u.s. went, what it fought and what it accomplished. >> we do know that there is no evidence of deliberate lying. i think that's the important point to make here. unless amanda has evidence that was not turned up and neither of these 200 page reports, i think it is a grave accusation to be make against the administration >> i didn't queues >> you said we don't know >> i very specifically said that we don't know, we have no evidence that george bush deliberately lied. >> that i agreed with. that i agree with. yes, donald trump is making these points. he has the support maybe nationally of 30 to 35% of republicans. this is not a prevailing view in the republican party, the notion of the president lied or the notion that it was a mistake. there ha

men and women in the military will not get sucked into never ending perpetual warfare of syria and iraq. let me just mention what king of jordan said. what he said is essentially the war against isis is a war for the soul of islam. >> i agree about the quagmire. what are you going to do about afghanistan? you're running for president of the united states. you have to have an answer. >> i think the only good answer is, what's your answer chuck? this is a question that puzzled alexander the great. bernie sanders from vermont will not have a better answer. >> charlie, take for a second whatever you think his views of foreign policy. i thought his answer on iran was good. do you not see him getting carved to ribbons by an election. >> i think that's probably one of the most obvious onces. i think he's gambling that a democratic candidate can't be afraid of that anymore. >> the first thing that came out of their mouths as soon as they walked into the spin room and they knowledge this side is real weakness for him. he talked about it last night. secretary clinton has given three and laid out this

iraq. >> let's get a response from brian fallan. he is the press secretary for the hillary clinton campaign. brian, nice to see you there in new hampshire. just out of the gate, your response to senator sanders? >> well, it's unfortunate that in the last few weeks after pledging to run a different type of campaign senator sanders has increasingly turned personal. you've heard him engage in some insults against hillary clinton. he likened her to dick cheney for instance. he has called her integrity into question with respect to financial reform. and -- >> is that personal -- just to be clear, brian, is that personal attacks or is that really just over policy? >> no. it's -- it's a personal attack, to question hillary clinton's commitment to progressive values when she's made a career out of fighting for women and children. this was someone who her first job out of law school after going to yale law school and having her pick of jobs out in the corporate law world instead went to the children's defense fund. went to alabama to investi

let me go. i trust ms. melnick has told you that what happened in iraq has no bearing on this murder case. it may not even come into evidence. and there's where we part company, jack.

iraq because you will destablize in the middle east. i'm only one running. there is nobody else. everybody let's invade iraq.that is going to happen iran will take over iraq which is exactly what is happening. on top of that isis taking up the oil. you have iran, isis, taking over iraq assure as you're sitting there. i was one that said don't do it. i said it loud and you clear in 2003. martha: that is rear view mirror. >> martha, has to do with vision. let me go another one. four years ago i said bomb the oil, bomb the oil, bomb the oil. if they listened to me, you wouldn't have isis because isis became rich because of oil. i'm telling them go into banking channels right now but back circuit the banks, nobody knows banking better than i do, tremendous amounts of money is pouring into isis. they don't do that they're politicians. they don't know what they're doing. i put in osama bin laden before the world trade center came down, osama bin laden, and one of your colleagues said, that is amazing. trump wrote about osama bin laden before he ripped down world trade center. martha: who are you worried about now?