mr. zebari is -- if there was any doubt that zebari and the kurdistan regional government is part of a, ispart of a geopolitical power grab, all of this narrative -- particularly when you use the narratives of children being beheaded and the lies and the deceit and the manipulation of the american public -- who are turning around with our tax dollars and underwriting a system of lies. everything -- >> host: mr. zebari, do you want to respond? >> guest: absolutely. i would encourage -- thank you for the call. i would encourage the caller to not necessarily watch the american immediate car or kurdish media, i would encourage you to countries. there are children being killed, women being beheaded within the isis rankings. as far as holding back any information, this is the reality they are facing. this is a threat not necessarily to the kurds or the region, but let's just look at the name of isil, levant. levant really covers jordan, turkey, iraq, syria, all the way up until tel aviv. if these guys get it their way, they're not going to stop anywhere. so as far as holding back any key informa

mr. zebari, if there was any doubt that the kurdistan regional government and mr. i is part of a geopolitical power grab, all of this never did -- particularly when use in their it is of children being beheaded and the deception of the american public, who are turning around with our tax dollars and underwriting a system of lies -- host: do you want to respond? guest: thank you for the call. color notcourage the to watch necessarily the american or kurdish media. turn to other countries that are broadcasting from the scene. there are children absolutely being killed, then being beheaded, and women being enslaved and sold to other parts of the country and other militants in isis. as far as holding back information, this is the reality we are facing. necessarily --t not necessarily to the region, but look at the names of isil. turkey, tel aviv. as far as holding back any key information, i am not sure what information more i can answer. it is unfortunate that some of the support has been coming from outside of iraq and syria. it is important that the support stops. is

mr. zebari a chance to jump in. guest: i will come back directly to answer the question. let's look at what isis wants. why is it that they are now fighting the kurds? afternoon, everybody. earlier today, i received an update from my team on two separate issues that i've been following closely. ongoing operations in iraq, and the situation in ferguson, missouri. iraq, weect to continue to see important progress across different parts of our strategy to support iraqi fromnment condemn a threat isil. first, our military operations are effectively protecting our personnel in iraq. they have successfully pushed eerbil. terrorists meanwhile, we have provided assistance to iraqi forces coming including the kurdish fighters on the front lines. today, with our support to my iraqi and kurdish forces took a major step forward by recapturing the largest dam in iraq near the city of mosul. it fell under terrorist controller this month and is vital to our objective of protecting americans in iraq. if that dam was breached to make could have proven catastrophic with floods that would'v