coming back were serving in three states in the west, where he was a supervisor of training for militia units that were transitioning in to what was becoming the united states national guard. when he got to alabama in 1912, he immediately cause a shakeup. there was increased federal money coming in to the annual budget in the state of alabama for the national guard. standards were immediately raised. one company was unprepared to go to cap, and was immediately eliminated. another company was eliminated for general inefficiency. newspapers covered the guard activity, and one reported that regiments faced tactical inblems, long sweating hikes sun blistering target ranges. became involved in the training of these militia troops. they were invited to watch target practice, and invited to parades at the end of summer camp. the individual appearance of guardsmen, and standards of military courtesy or improved. shooting competitions are held regularly, and one person went to the 1912 olympic shooting competition. captain william preston screws, the supervisor, established an examination board for of

part of the georgetown artillery, militia unit, citizen soldiers. he would've had a uniform, and during the summer of 1814, they would have drilled and trained periodically. key's big combat experience comes on august 24th at the battle of bladensburg. a small town, only a few miles outside of washington, d.c. in august of 1814, the british sent reinforcements against the united states to really turn the heat up a little bit. at that time, there were negotiators for both the british and the americans meeting -- both trying to find common ground to end the war of 1812. on the united states side, we really wanted to get out of the war with our honor intact. by this time, the treasury was running out of money, the invasions into canada, all appeared to be failures. we lost a lot of men. and it was really unlikely that we were going to take over canada. however, we didn't want to retreat from our demands about the british laying off our sailors and confiscating our merchant ships. we couldn't back off on that one. the british were also intimating they w

force and peshmerga forces work together, but some sunni members of parliament accuse of shia militia unit working along side iraq's army of revenge attacks against sunni. >> what is taking place during the last few days could be considered crimes committed by the militias which prevented citizens from going back to their homes in clear attempt to bring demographic change, and they have arrested dozens of people, destroyed mosques and demolished homes just for revenge. >> a human rights group released this video accounting for one attack in a mosque in august. many are fearing that the role could divide iraqi security forces along sectarian lines. >> we must not under estimate the major role. the forces have played in supporting the iraqi security apparatus, liberating the key towns. there has been no response to the allegations by any of the shia militia groups so far. iraq's government insist that the shia militia groups are under the direct control of the army. however these latest allegations will remind some of the height of the sectarian violence which nearly tore iraq apart i in 200

but some have accused the shia militia unit of revenge attacks against sunnies. >> what is taking place during the last few days could be considered crimes committed by the militias which prevented citizens from going back to their homes in a clear attempt to bring demographic change. these militias have already arrested dozens of people, destroyed mosques and demolished homes just for revenge. >> a human rights group released this video in early november documenting eyewitness accounts from one mosque that was attacked in august. through all of the shia militia is a controversial one, with many fearing that their role could divide security forces along sectarian lines. however, they have praised militias part of smiles forc mobilization forces. >> the popular mobilization forces have played in liberating key towns. >> there has been no response to allegations by any of the militia groups so far. iraq's government insist that the groups are under the direct control of the army. however, the allegation also remind some of the height of the sectarian violence that nearly tore iraq apart.

but some sunni members of parliament in baghdad have accused the shia militia units working along iraq's armies of revenge attacks of sunnies. >> what is taking place over the last few days could be considered crimes againste admicommitte militias. they had demolished homes just for revenge. >> human rights group released this video early november documenting eyewitness accounts from one mosque that was attacked in august. it is a controversial one with many fearing their role could divide security forces along sectarian lines. they have praised the militias known as popular mobilization forces. >> we must not under estimate the major role. the popular forces in liberating the key towns. >> there is no response of the allegations by answer of the shia militia groups so far. the shia militia groups are under the direct control of the army. however these latest allegation also remind some of the height of the sectarian violence which nearly tore iraq apart in 2006 in 2006-7-8. now they're looking to reinvestigate sooner rather than later. >> heads of state from the french-speaking world ar

but some sunni members in parliament in baghdad have accused the shia militia unit of revenge attacks against sunnies. >> what is taking place during the last few days could be considered crimes committed by the militias, which prevents it's citizens from going back to their homes in a clear attempt to bring demographic change. these militias have arrested dozens of people, destroyed mosques and demolished homes just for relength. >> reporter: a human rights group released this video of a mosque that was attacked in august. the role of the shia militia is a controversial one, many fearing that this role could divide iraqi security forces long sectarian lines. although others have praised them as part of mobilization forces. >> we must not under estimate the major role, the popular mobilization forces have played. in liberating the key towns. >> reporter: there have been no response the allegations by any of the shia militia groups so far. iraq's government insist that the shia militia groups are under direct control of the army, however these latest allegation also remind some of the

you have hezbollah, militia units there operating in the open for assad. have all of al nusra and al qaeda organization gaining strength. you have isis which used to be an al qaeda affiliate and they're huge and control land the size of indiana and helicopters. it is a cauldron of disaster when it comes to terrorism activity there. there is a window still here, but we're going have to be smart about what we do and it might mean if we have some of the special capability soldiers on the ground in syria helping focus the fight. if we can get there we can prevent a wider problem and if we can't get there which we haven't been able yet, we'll have a wider problem to deal with. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> in turkey, a harrowing experience for three american sailors at port there. a trip to istanbul that became a nightmare when a cadre of turkish men corralled and assaulted them. turkey is a member of nato and a u.s. ally just over 800,000 american tourists visit turkey each year. here with details, cnn pentagon correspondent has more. what more can y

>> technically on the ability to muster militia. the unitedes has a major manpower problem of its own. which is, it doesn't have enough men to invade canada properly and they are sending almost all of their regular troops to invade canada which leaves the defense of the coast overwhelmingly to state militias who are not trained and equipped or motivated for this job in any prolonged way but they are out there month after month obliged to serve in harsh conditions with inadequate equipment and food and a lot of them are being pulled in from the piedmont to the tidewater and they don't like it and one of the things that they keep coming up with why they shouldn't have to go down to norfolk and die of malaria, which is the number one killer of american troops in the chesapeake is malaria at norfolk which is a graveyard for these militia. the reason they come up with is, the slaves are probably going to rise up and revolt if the militias pull out of the coast. the irony is, by all measures of violence, such as arson, poisoning, murdering of master

>> technically on the ability to muster militia. the unitedes has a major manpower problem of its own. which is, it doesn't have enough men to invade canada properly and they are sending almost all of their regular troops to invade canada which leaves the defense of the coast overwhelmingly to state militias who are not trained and equipped or motivated for this job in any prolonged way but they are out there month after month obliged to serve in harsh conditions with inadequate equipment and food and a lot of them are being pulled in from the piedmont to the tidewater and they don't like it and one of the things that they keep coming up with why they shouldn't have to go down to norfolk and die of malaria, which is the number one killer of american troops in the chesapeake is malaria at norfolk which is a graveyard for these militia. the reason they come up with is, the slaves are probably going to rise up and revolt if the militias pull out of the coast. the irony is, by all measures of violence, such as arson, poisoning, murdering of master

coming back were serving in three states in the west, where he was a supervisor of training for militia units that were transitioning in to what was becoming the united states national guard. when he got to alabama in 1912, he immediately cause a shakeup. there was increased federal money coming in to the annual budget in the state of alabama for the national guard. standards were immediately raised. one company was unprepared to go to cap, and was immediately eliminated. another company was eliminated for general inefficiency. newspapers covered the guard activity, and one reported that regiments faced tactical inblems, long sweating hikes sun blistering target ranges. became involved in the training of these militia troops. they were invited to watch target practice, and invited to parades at the end of summer camp. the individual appearance of guardsmen, and standards of military courtesy or improved. shooting competitions are held regularly, and one person went to the 1912 olympic shooting competition. captain william preston screws, the supervisor, established an examination board for of

united arab emirates in libya. the attacks damaged several buildings in the capital tripoli. there are no represents of casualties. security is deteriorating across libya as rival militias compete for power. >>> the unites nation is his warn to go a return to full-scale fighting in eastern ukraine. the u.n. security council held its 26th emergency session on ukraine again without taking any action. nato says columns of russian tanks and soldiers have rolled across the border in recorrect days, james bays reports from the u.n. in new york. >> reporter: the situation in eastern ukraine is getting closer and closer to open warfare. nato says pictures like this show russia is to blame. tanks and military hardware crossing the border. along with russian bad troops. >> we have seen the same thing that osce is reporting. we have seen columns of russian equipment, primarily russian tanks, russian artillery, russian air defense systems, and russian combat troops entering in to ukraine. we do not have a good picture at this time of how many. we agree that there are multiple columns that we have seen. >> reporter: the u.n. security council was called in emergency session, official

units of the iraqi military making some progress. they made some advances north of baghdad in the last several days, but the military is infiltrated. infiltrated by shiite militias, by the iranian revolutionary guard, just a few weeks ago, in fact, a unit from the iraqi military backed up by militias went into a town. they killed some isis, but then they also went back and butchered sunni civilians who were living in the town. and this was an act according to officials i've spoken to, directly carried out by an iranian-backed group within the iraqi security services. >> this is a horrendous war front for us. if we were to knock out and capture every fighter for isis right now, kill them, capture them, take them off the field, who would take that land and the people around them? who would take over? >> you will not see counter insurgency. they're not going to go into the sunni triangle areas. even theoretically, magically -- >> who takes over? >> there would be another insurgency. remember, chris, and this is an important element here, it's not just jihadis rising up against baghdads. their ex-baath party members. the insurgency in 2003 wasn't really al qaeda. it

the problem is these shia units, a lot of them are militias put in an iraqi uniforms and they haven't fought well. you can count they'll have some real firepower in case these units collapse. and this is the real risk. the second risk is we do not want to appear to be supporting a sectarian government in baghdad. we do want to be aligned with sunnis in that part of the world. it's well understood in the white house. the question is executing it because baghdad is a shia government and the prime minister is a sectarian shia leader. he's looked at that way by the sunnis not just isis but a lot of iraqis and we need to overcome that before we actually go after isis in a coherent and effective way. >> speaking of isis, i know that there are fears that want to be jihadists are using these ferry passenger ships to then go to turkey to then ultimately join the isis fight. i want to stay on that. bob, stay with me on that. evan perez joins me now on this report. evan? >> this is something from interpol which told the a.p. yesterday that they have seen signs of people, jihadists, who wanted to

but a lot of these militias that the irgc, the iranians established during the iraq war to basically harass the united states, whether it was to mock the army or hezbollah or some of these other militias, they're telling them to stand down right now. not to harass, not to attack u.s. personnel some it's a pretty interesting shift given how the ieds and some of these other equipment that were moved into iraq to hurt the u.s., came from these militias who now are basically being told to stand down, at least for now. >> rose: well, the heads of the forces i have been told, general solomani has been seen in damascus and iraq. >> and in kurdistan. >> yes. there have been photos of the guy at the front so it is incredibly complicate kd. in one theatre we seem to be totally on the same side. and in syria, ostensibly we have said assad must gallon. but the message right now, and maybe it could change, from the u.s. military is that they are not targeting assad. they're not training syrian troops-- sorry syrian rebel troops to go after assad at this stage. so this is a message that's going to be very difficult

force band in a way the maryland defense is the living legacy of the maryland militia that turned out to assist the regular uniteddefense of the city. dressed in red, the fort mchenry guard fife and drum corps led by principal musician timothy irtel. within the short span of 2 1/2 years, timothy, a cadre of loyal young men led by tyler mink, dan austin spent time, exhaustive research and archives to search original music and scores. just as great pains were taken to find a maker who could make the warp and weave on the flag, so too were great pains taken ton find accurate hickory-made drums, calf-spin heads, researching original beadings, hand-stitched uniforms, exhaustive detail to make the most authentic replication of the united states army's field music from the war of 1812. [ applause ] one of the lead drummers who helped put the unit together, shamus has enlisted in the united states army and is in the reserve officer training corps program as we speak. [ applause ] standing in front of the flag as a noted researcher, park ranger and great personal friend james c. bailey. james c. bailey is the exact build,

the president shall be commander in chief of the army, navy, of the united states, and of the militia of the states. by constitutional prescription, the president has the right to involve himself in the war effort. but no president, not even george washington, who certainly had the credibility during the whiskey rebellion, wants to assume field command of the army. the presidents want to work through the generals and admirals in charge of our armed forces. but it's understanding the proper relationships, striking the right balance, some of the great war presidents we've had like franklin d. roosevelt strike a very good balance. other presidents, like polk or johnson, don't strike such a good balance but they have the right to involve themselves. and good generals understand that and work with their presidents. and both grant and lee understood this. and it was one of their greatest strengths and one of the principal reasons why the presidents accorded those generals the latitude to apply their great ability in behalf of their respective nations, whereas you can go all the way back to

who makes up the details and who makes up the units in the provinces. will it be shia militias or sunni militants who will turn against isis? none of this is clear. as a concept, everybody now seems to have agreed on the national guard. but the details have yet to be wiped out. i want to mention, it's very different in terms of the leadership style. that doesn't mean he is going to be successful. a friend who worked for decades with the exact opposite of this, he comes from the same context and the same party and the same limits. it's a conspiracy background. it could be the downfall as well. where he refused to listen to the advisers, he listens too much. he wants everybody's opinion around the table. even by some of his friends as indecisive. maybe the prime ministership will force him to react, but this is something to watch out for. this is not the preference of iran. they are up until the last minute, they lobbied very aggressively to keep him in power. it wasn't actually the iranian or the american shia arrival or the isis. it was the religious establishment that effectiv

. >> also on the program. [ gunfire ] united against isil, kurdish forces backed by iraqi troops and shia militia launch a major offensive northeast of baghdad. swept to their deaths in moroc morocco. torrential rains cause devastating flash floods. and a rapper sings for change in burkina faso, where many are asking for freedom of speech. >> monday's deadline to reach a deal has been extended. talks in vienna will continue until july 1st. iran is being asked to slow its nuclear development in exchange for economic sanctions being lifted. we have been monitoring the talks, there is a deadline set for 23 hours gmt for today. halfway through the day they announced that they are not going to hit that deadline. they're giving up, and they're going to extend it. >> reporter: that's right, barely an hour since the end of the session of all the foreign ministers, the p5+1, and it's all over. it looks pretty lonely and quiet as we speak. the talks have ended without any formal agreement at all, no political statement as had been hoped for. that's the most likely possibility. no framework agreement. certa

the confederacy had to rely entirely on the state militias for the state volunteer regiments. it didn't have a core of a regular united states army. it was the united states. so to organize the troops and to create an army was the first task. davis because of his experience as chairman of the senate committee on military affairs and secretary of war, was quite capable of doing a good job of that. his secretary of the navy steven mallory, turned out to be a very good secretary of the navy. the person that davis appointed as secretary of the army turned out not to be very good and that would be rory walker. so davis in effect from the very first day was sort of his own secretary of war. that lead to problems later on. posted didn't he go through five secretaries best guess so he went to five secretaries of war and some felt that their office was nothing more than being a mere clerk but it was an advantage in initial stages of the war. davis did a good job. he also sent to rafay also assumes that turned out to be a great naval hero of the confederacy to the north to purchase arms. this was before the war began and he sen

militias or volunteer his regimens. they didn't have a core of the army. it was the united states that had the core. so, to organize the troops and create an army was the first task and davis because of his experiment on the military affairs and secretary of the war was quite capable of doing a good job of that. the secretary of the navy stephen valerie turned out to be a good secretary of the navy and the person that appointed the secretary of the army turned out not to be very good at that so davis was his own secretary of war. he went from five secretaries of war into some of them felt it was nothing more than being a clerk but it was an advantage because davis did a very good job. he also sent rafael for turned out to be a hero in the confederacy to the north to purchase arms before the war actually began and he sent agents abroad to begin purchasing arms, so the initial steps of creating the army that did very effective jobs then the question was what do we do with his army. >> host: do you defend the entire confederacy? >> guest: that is what he hoped to do and part of the reason he hoped to d

just a few weeks ago, in fact, a unit from the iraqi military backed up by militias and killed some isis but then they went back and butchered sunni civilians in the town. this was an act, according to officials i have spoken to, directly carried out by an iranian-backed group within the iraqi security services. so i think it's a very mixed record of success so far. the kurds are making advances. some units of the iraqi army are making advances. others are running back death squads. this is the iraqi army that we are supposed to be guiding, advising and leading in a fight against isis. >> looks like it's a longer slog than anybody wants to deal with. richard engel this morning, thanks very much. >>> now i want to switch gears, get to domestic politics. immigration reform. democrats now want it. republicans, not for what the president wants. then president obama says he is going to go ahead with or without the gop. the other is healthcare reform. it's president obama's signature achievement, his place in history. here come the republicans. they want to take it apart. there are two issues

militias will wreak havoc and dangerous for us. >> reporter: he is in charge of the most important unit here.urs the front line on a daily basis to ensure his men are ready for the fight. >> translator: fighters are deployed for two weeks and sent back home for a day or two and then they have to return to the front line. now we are on high alert. >> reporter: this is a predominately sunni area. anti-houthi sentiment is on the rise here. these people accuse the group expanding to control most of yemen, for them defending is a matter of life or death. >> translator: we receive no backing from the government. each fighter has to pay to maintain the patrol units operating nonstop and tribes send us food from time to time. >> reporter: the government has pleaded for calm. asking tribesmen and the houthis to settle their differences through dialog. but the threat of war looms large in this rich desert province. the houthis are deploying hundreds of fighters to the area, they say their presence is crucial to prevent al-qaeda from seizing vital oil and gas installations in the province. i'm with al j

units in the shia provinces? will it be conscription, shia militias, will it be sunni militants who will turn against isis? none of this is clear. as a concept, everybody now seems to have agreed on the national guard, but the details have yet to be worked out. i also just want to mention, it's very different to maliki in terms of his leadership style, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's going to be successful. so, friends who have worked for decades with him say he's the exact opposite of maliki. though he comes from the same context, the same party, the same islamist sort of conspiratorial paranoid background, he's much more open than maliki, and this could be his downfall as well. where maliki was stubborn, refused to listen to even his closest advisers, abadi seems to be too open, listens too much. he wants everybody's opinion around the table, and seen even by some of his friends as indecisive. maybe the office of the prime minister is going to force him to react, but this is definitely something to watch out for. i also want to say, it's interesting that he's the first iraqi prime minister since a

the units are nothing more than shia militia that have been pulled in and patronage signme signment.this as a reinvasion by america, as you point out. should there be more emphasis on assisting ground forces so they can become more effective? >> absolutely. that's why i think we're going to see that change in the way we conduct our tactics over there. we're going to have to put the advisers forward with the kurdish and iraqi forces in combat. now, they are going to dance around whether these guys are combatants or not but they are going to be forward, they are going to be in harm's way. >> in the midst of all of this on the syrian front, the peshmerga force, part of the iraqi government, is carrying artillery to protect the outgunned syrian militia. how can they protect themselves from an isis siege there? >> it's impossible to do that, to protect themselves from the siege. they have no place to go and enemy completely from the 3:00 to 9:00 and everything behind them is a no-go zone because it's turkish. the turkey as we've seen over t last few days but isis on the other side of town

militia group. syrian forces have dropped more barrel bombs killing at least 20 people near aleppo. the operator of the underground drug website has been arrested in the united states. the web side enabled 150,000 users to buy and sell drugs acken no mousily. predict that prices will rise for the rest of the decade. bad news for many producers that neat to meet their higher needs. markets speculators and sanctions over ukraine they have announced that it is limiting the amount it is willing to spend to defend it's country cansy. the ruble has lost around a quarter of it's dollar. moscow has been spending as much as $2.5 billion as day to try and prop up the value of the ruble. in october, alone, the russian government spent $29 billions buying up rubles, and now it's currency has fallen $73 billion to $439 billion. ukraine is to freeze state fund payments to areas in the break away eastern region which is are controlled by pro russian separatist, just over 2 1/2 million dollars will be with held. the prime minister says pension payments and government benefits which have already been frozen for months will only resume after separatist forces surrender. three

united arab emirates in libya. several buildings were damaged in the capitol. there are no reports of casualties. security is deteriorating across libya as rival militias compete for power. >> there's been an explosion on the train in an underground station in the egyptian capitol, 16 people wounded. some as panic happened after the blast. the train was pulling out of a station. last wreak an explosion on a train killed four people about an hour north of the capitol. >> the egyptian security firms say fighters have killed five off duty policeman and soldiers in the sinai peninsula. they died in two separate attacks after armed men set up road blocks and forced duty personnel from their cars. parts of the sinai are under emergency rule after a bombing last month killed 33 soldiers. >> a new presidential decree in egypt will allow the government to extradite foreigners convict of a crime. it's not clear how that affects aljazeera journalists who have been held. they are accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. aljazeera continues to demand their immediately release. >> intense fighting is going on in kobane. these are the latest pictures from

substantial reform and iraq during the time of occupation by the united states, principally in terms of transporting munitions and training militiasthat lacerated american forces in that particular country. and they have played a mischievous and altogether i think unhelpful role in terms of the syrian civil conflict. and also their vision of the middle east and particularly division of the gulf is one where american interest is diminished an american presence largely on its way out. and also, i mean this is one of the things that is often never discussed, the iranians have rejected cooperation with the united states over isil the at the beginning point and that ought to be the ending point. one of the things you can say about ayatollah khamenei, is he's a person i would say of integrity, he's not corrupt and arrested a key does exactly what he means. you know, and he's made his views on the united states international system, and international history quite plain. you can reject those and you can say he doesn't mean it but actually as you've said to me his user internally consistent and he elaborates on them quite frankly. so i'm

militias. in the western mountains of libya. forces backed while have pushed back fight nurse the town. the assault upon the operation dignity a campaign he launched in main to crush the various ma litsch unitedtes in the country, he blames them for the rise in bombings and assassinations in eastern libya since the revolution three years ago. runs of people have been killed in the violence. the divisions in the country is so big that there are now two parliament. one in triply allied with the rebels and one year the egyptian border it's this government that is recognized internationally. but a thursday they declared the parliament illegal. >> translator: we draw the attention of regional players to refrain from intervening in our domestic affairs, we warn them the consequences will be dire as the entire region will plunge in to conflicts beyond their power. >> reporter: lib a i can't is operating without any real leadership and the only groups that appears to have any kind of power are the militias. for now, it seems there is no sign of an end to the chaos. al jazerra, libya. >>> the funeral of the zambian president michael sat a is being held as we are taking these live pictures from the cap

units in the shia provinces? will it be conscription, shia militias, sunni militants who will turn against isis, none of this is clear. as a concept everybody now seems to have agreed on the national guard, but the details have yet to be worked out. i also just want to mention abadi is very different to maliki in terms of his leadership style, about you that doesn't necessarily mean he's going to be successful. so friends of abadi who have worked for decades with him say he's the exact opposite of maliki though he comes from the same context, the same party, the same islamist sort of conspiratorial, paranoid background. he's much more open than maliki and this could be his downfall as well. where maliki was stubborn, refused to listen to even his closest advisers, abadi is seen to be too open. he listens too much. he wants everybody's opinion around the table, and is seen even by some of his friends as indecisive. maybe the office of the prime ministership is going to force him to react, but this is definitely something to watch out for. i also want to say it's interesting that abadi is the first iraqi prime minister

militias in syria according to the cia. >> so let's understand why you think that the solution that so many people keep pushing, which is that the unitedtates supports those rebels in the blue areas and that they will, therefore, win, they will establish control, create perhaps a democratic syria, why is that not going to work? >> it's not going to work because most of the blue area are dominated by the big rebel groups which are al qaeda and the islamic front which are jihadist, very anti-american groups. the pro-american militias just got wiped out in the northern blue spot. they just got pushed aside by al qaeda, and so they're very small. they may own perhaps 1% or 2% of syria today, the rebels that are being backed by the united states. so to turn those 2% into winners that would not only wipe out isis but take on assad would be a gargantuan undertaking. >> they have to beat al nusra and al qaeda and khorasan and then isis and then assad. >> it's not going to happen. president obama has given them half a billion dollars. at the university of oklahoma we have an endowment of much more than $1 billion and we can't pay the students t

. >> also on the program. [ gunfire ] united against isil, kurdish forces backed by iraqi troops and shia militiah a major offensive northeast of baghdad. swept to their deaths in moroc morocco. torrential rains cause devastating flash floods. and a

united states, and making real progress. now look at syria. it is more than three years just a scene where countless numbers of militia and different forces are at work, a much more complex challenge. i will tell you, many of us feel, i think the american people feel it would be a serious mistake for us to make a commitment of land troops into these theaters. we have to think long and hard about the best way to defeat this terrible terrorist group. >> so you would be opposed to u.s. troops accompanying troops of iraq or kurdish soldiers or syrian rebels, you would be opposed for a front line activity with u.s. troops. >> i want to draw this line carefully. we need to provide support to those that are fighting isis and we can provide that support, logistically, training, intelligence, air cover, there are many things we've already accomplished successfully, but the notion of sending in rotational troops as we saw in iraq in the past, and in afghanistan, i think we've learned our lesson. the president has the right course here. he is gathering a coalition of arab and muslim states and others who are going to try to help to defeat isis, but it h