it is a dream, but only that, of what a peaceful iraq might look like. >> iraq is a complex catastrophe in the idea that there will be one outright winner is a fallacy. we have heard suggest min's that there is growing resentment of sis allies. this could be the first phase in a much longer war. >> the splits in iraq not just buteen the shia and sunni within groups as well. as you just saw, u.s. secretary of state john kerry sat down today with the bbc and here is an extended part of that interview. >> mr. secretary, thank you very much. there's a lot of talk about unity and the politics, but on is ground, isis or isil, making a lot of gains. they had just seized the largest oil refinery and iraq. how do you even start to reverse these territorial gains? have you accepted that the militant group holds territory? >> absolutely not. president obama's very concerned about it. the president is also deeply concerned about the political situation. without an adequate, transformative decision by the anything thatq, the united states, allies, or friends would choose to do to try and fight back

most want a peaceful iraq. many are worried that the country is in danger of breaking up. this man was the united states ambassador. if he could talk to nouri al-maliki what would he say. >> act immediately, reach out to the sunnis, it's not a question of meeting people halfway, he'll have to take the initiatives do it quickly. >> reporter: is iraq salvageable. . >> it is in trouble now. >> reporter: go you think it will break up. >> we should look every day. >> reporter: outside intervention from the united states and iran has rarely been helpful. nouri al-maliki may well succeed in keeping the sunni rebels out of baghdad. convincing all iraqis that he'll govern in the national interest will prove more difficult. >>> families of some indian workers have been taken. many have been taken near kirkuk. 80 turks are believed to be held hostage. >>> in afghanistan three taliban suicide bombers ait canned trucks -- attacked trucks carries n.a.t.o. supplies. two were killed by police, one blew himself up. dozens of fuel trucks were destroyed by ex plos >>> tens of thousands are l

what does the least damage and provides hope for a liveable iraq and peaceful region? before you heard us talking about the possibilities of a u.s.-iranian cooperation and a future iraqi government, is there interest on both sides of u.s. and iran in easing maliki from the scene? and maybe pushing toward that unity government? >> i'm not sure that there's interest in removing maliki from the scene or down the road, in the current government, i think that the dialogue between iran and the united states, if it's ongoing, i think that the iranians are going to connect iraq to a number of issues, for instance, getting the united states to give up support for the free syrian army as part of the deal. and making other connections to nuclear and other issues, but we'll have to wait and see, and of course the administration would say that there's no connection, that these are i'll owed and separate. and i think that's something that we need to keep a close eye on. >> what do you think about that? there may be moving parts, but a lot can get done? >> a lot can get done, and it

cooperating with the iranians to bring peace to iraq. stay with us. this is "inside story." >> welcome to "inside story" on aljazeera. i'm ray suarez. prime minister maliki. and douglas, i want to give you the chance. >> this is group, we're now in, reinforced the grievances of one group and the other, and the sunnies are upset that the sons of iraq were not integrated into the armed forces, and the shiites are saying, thank goodness, we didn't integrate the sons of iraq into the armed forces. we're reinforcing the others into a bad place, but what we need, on the sunni side, a leader who can come forward state that to all of his people, we need to integrate into the state. we were implicit the crime into the old regime, and we need to renounce islamism, and we need to move into a minority role in the state as descend. is there anybody in the sunni camp with the kind of reputation and credibility that would do that. >> we had this conversation on twitter the other day. and neither of us came one an answer. we're in a difficult situation right now, isi

iraq. that was a part of your interview. i think we're siting here at a moment talking about john boehner. the central question of war and peace, there is no military solution to iraq. and i have to say, sitting next to bill kristol, man, i mean, the architects of catastrophe that have cost this country trillions of dollars, thousands of lives, there should be accountability. we should not, if there are no regrets for the failed assumptions that have grievously wounded this nation, i don't know what happened to our politics and media accountability. but we need it, bill. this country should not go back to war. we don't need armchair warriors. if you feel so strongly, you should, with all due respect, enlist in the iraqi army. >> that's a cute line. >> a million iraqis have been displaced. humanitarian aid. what we have done to that country is a crime. >> we have done to that country? what we did to that country? >> let him respond. >> yeah, let me respond. the president of the united states, president obama, said at the end of 2011, we have a stable and peaceful iraq, thanks mostly to the sacrifices of american soldiers and ma

it is a dream, but only that of what a peaceful iraq might look like. d the idea there will be one outright winner who can control the whole country is a fallacy. what we have heard, the sunni fighters suggest that growing resentment of their isis allies. so even if the insurgency does win, it could be the first phase in a much longer war. erbil, northern iraq. >>> the costliest strike is over after five months. miners at the americana mine are returning to work after the three biggest firms signed a three-year wage deal. the miners union. still expected to take months to get the mine running at full capacity again. from the mine, we have more. >> reporter: the mining town after the signing of a three-year wage deal that was signed yesterday. thousands of mine workers are officially back at work today, but going back underground is not going to be that easy. they fist have to be processed, then they have to do medical checks to make sure they're fit to work underground and after that, there will be an introduction program to familiarize themselves about

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most of the people here want a peaceful iraq. many are worried they are not in danger of making up. >> this man sat with nouri al-maliki in the past. if he could do so again right now. what would he tell him. >> act to prepare relations, and reach out to the sunnis, and this is not a question of meeting people halfway. he'll have to take most of the initiatives and do it quickly. >> reporter: is iraq salvageable as a viable state? >> iraq is in serious trouble now. >> reporter: do you think it will break up? >> every day we should look at the situation and form opinions based op what happened in the last 24 hours. >> reporter: iraq struggled with inherent craikeses, a -- contradictions, a history of violence, and little compromise. outside intervention, above all from the united states and iran has rarely been helpful. nouri al-maliki may succeed in keeping the sunnis out of baghdad. convincing iraqis that he will govern in the national interest will be more difficult. >>> to kenya where the government says it arrested three peop

it's not the politicians, but those that hold arms on both sides of the divide that need to make peace if iraq as a nation state is to survive. >> people, the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has voiced support for a kurdish state. in a move that is clashing with the u.s. preserves to keep iraq united. >> translation: we should support international efforts to streng strengthen. recording the kurd, they are a fighting people that proved their political commitment and moderation. they deserve political independence. >>> north korea says it will but two citizen on trial. matthew miller and jeffrey foul. it is further training relations between u.s. and north korea. a professor said north korea is detaining u.s. citizens to use as a tool against america. >> i imagine the united states and south korea attempt to spy, but it's difficult in a parliamentarian state. i don't know too many stories in the literature about successful spies. i doubt the tourist he arrests are spies. the real objection is missionaries, those that come with the tour groups. that is a big issue with kenneth bea and

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most of the people here want a peaceful united iraq. many of them are worried that the country is, in fact, in danger of breaking up. this man was once the united states ambassador in baghdad. he sat down with nouri al-maliki in the past. if he could do so again what would i tell him? >> act immediately to repair relationships with the kurds and reach out to the sunnies. this is a questiothis is not a question of meeting people have way. he'll have to take the initiative. iraq is in serious trouble right now. >> do you think it could break up. >> i think every day we should take our information and base our opinions on what has happened in the last 24 hours. >> outside intervention above all from the united states and iran has rallied. mr. maliki may well succeed in keeping the sunni rebels out of baghdad. but convincing all iraqis in the national interests. >> here's why so many are concerned. isil militants taking control of iraq's largest oil refinery. iraqi army gaining control in the first to fall to the rebels. it sits a few hours

there can be no political reconciliation in iraq until al-malaki leaves power and there can be no peacenless an interim government takes control to carry out reforms. >> we informed sunni politicians -- in fact, we warned them not to attend the parliament meet okay july 1st or they will be considered traitors. if they do, they will give legit mattis to al-malaki and accepting the killing of his militias. >> it has been dismissed boy al-malaki. he called for the realtime elected parliament to meet on july 1st to start the process of forming a government. a more inclusive government has been a key demand of the united states and it wants it in place before assisting the iraqi government face what it call the militant threat. >> washington is in a difficult position, the islamic state in iraq and the levant may lead the fight against the shia led government. other sunni groups are taking part. the sunnis support the rebellion. the u.s. cannot be seen as taking sides in what is being described as a sunni-shia war. >> it may be too late. suleman once cooperated with the u.s. years later, he

most of the people here want a peaceful united iraq.y are worried that the country in danger of breaking up. this man sat down with maliki many times in the past. if he could do so again, what would he say? >> act immediately to repair relations to the kurds and each out to the sunnis. >> reporter: is iraq salvageable? >> reporter: iraq is in serious trouble right now. >> reporter: do you think it will break up irretrievably? >> every day we should take a look at the situation and form our opinions based on what happened in the last 24 hours. >> reporter: with a history of violence between sunnis, shiites and curds, and little compromise. outside intervention has rarely been helpful. maliki may well succeed in keeping the sunni rebels out of bagdad, but convincing all iraqis that will he govern in the national interest will prove difficult. >> saudi arabia has said iraq is on the verge of civil war, and has denied it is fuelling the fighting. >> translator: the grave situation that is storming iraq carries with it signs of civil war. wh

> we don't think the united states intervening with special forces and bombs is going to bring peace to iraq. >> reporter: opinions are split. >> we want the obama administration to bomb isis. >> reporter: as protesters march at the white house. >> bombs are not going to do it. but humanitarian aid and diplomacy is definitely the way to go. >> reporter: conflicts thousands of miles away weighing heavy on the minds of many here at home. >>> federal investigators are trying to figure out what caused a small plane to crash into a home in minnesota. two people were sightseeing in the area when the single engine plane went down killing the pilot and the passenger. the fire caused a large fire, obliterated that home. the person inside the home managed to es kate through a window. >>> a man is dead after a fishing boat capsizes off the coast of washington state. waves were ten feet high when the boat flipped, throwing six people into the water. a fisherman saw the people in trouble, stopped to help. the coast guard also moved in to help with the rescue. >> when we saw the boat, they were waving. we

. >>> in baghdad chia and sunni leaders calling for peace in iraq.

>> reporter: are you hopeful that there will be peace in iraq? ranslator: yes, we are praying to the virgin mary that peace will come to iraq. not only for us but to all of iraq for muslims and christians. this is all we ask for. >> reporter: cris -- chritoff iszel. >> from ramadi south towards backdad, rebels are waging a bold campaign to seize key military assets. the prime minister will yield calls for a more inclusive government seem to be fading. >> reporter: more fighting and more violence across iraq. iraq's government released these pictures claiming they prove that iraqi military are now in control of the bajai oil refinery, the country's largest >> translator: we rep pelled an attack and we killed all of the militants who approached the perimeter. it has turned into a graveyard for the coward militants. >> that might be wishful thinking. there are continuing reports of fighting there. even as rebels, including battle-hardened isil fighters and sunni trinesmen and othebes continue to take more territory. militants are now reported to cont

peace in iraq and they also say that maliki shouldn't be the next should be the prime minister it's notfor america to decide who the prime minister is of a contest and it just suddenly lexan which was seen as generally fair a fair election so i think. the breakup of iraq is something that american policy makers may be thinking about long term and i think to some a very macchiavelli and they might not see this is such a problem and we saw the breakup of the soviet union the breakup of yugoslavia and this was preempted by a lot of western intervention ukraine we see you mentioned john mccain it was john mccain was in in maidan square in kiev. encouraging the rebellion in only a few months ago so it's the same personnel the same you know the same characters young a tragedy actually it's a tragedy for the kurds up there. if they if they're going to be on the neighbor or neighbor with the state of isis how would south kurdistan survive that ok. morgan asked me another question david morgan journalist and writer on the kurdish issue we could talk to you all day but thanks for your input very

interests in security and america's belief in liberty both lead in the same direction to a free and peaceful iraqber when i was in palusia in mosul back in 2005 even then i was there with the central commander. there were a lot of concerns at the time that this was not necessarily going to work out as so many had hoped. >> yes, i was in baghdad and watching that speech on television with a number of iraqi friends. and colleagues. and there was a brief moment for maybe the summer of 2003 when that hope existed, but it was then put out very quickly by some very poor decisions by the bush administration and then beyond that after the american withdrawal by a series of incredibly poor decisions by nuri al maliki, the prime minister then. so there are no iraqis left i'm pretty sure who are holding on to that hope anymore. >> those hopes have clearly faded. bob bobby, jim sciutto. >>> still ahead, eric cantor on his shocking primary defeat and next move. plus, we'll meet the man who toppled the most powerful republican in the house of representatives. >>> we're going live to brazil for the latest on th

iraq today. from the end of 2004 to late 2005, my unit fought to hold ground, secure roads and build infrastructure. we worked with local sheiks and key leaders to forge a path to peace. we helped return iraq's government to its people. while there, we oversaw two successful elections and watched with hope and great satisfaction as the iraqis ratified their constitution. it was during this time that i also dispatched a team from my battalion to focus solely on training and assisting members of the newly found iraqi army. during our unit's entire deployment in iraq while fighting the insurgency, we faced rocket attacks, snipers and improvised explosive devices on a daily basis. four of my men were killed in action, and there isn't a day that goes by when i don't think of those men and their families. master sergeant robby mcnery of lewistown, montana, died on march 31, 2005. sergeant kevin davis of lebanon, oregon, died on april 8, 2005. sergeant timothy kaiser of thema, california, died on april 28, 2005. and sergeant travis arndt died on september 21 of 2005. travis was from bozeman, montana. and scores of others were injured. one of my soldiers died by suicide afte

there can be no political reconciliation in iraq until al-malaki leaves power. there can be no peace unless an interim salvation government takes control to carry out reforms. >> we informed sunni politicians, in fact, we warned them not to attend the parliament meeting on july 1st of the hotel 1st or they will be considered traitors. they will be giving legitimacy to al-malaki and accepting the killing by his officials. >> the government has been dismissed by nouri al-malakimal. he called to lead on july 1st to start the process of forming a government. a more inclusive government has been a key demand of the united states and it wants it in place before assisting the iraqi government face what it calls the mitt hotel militant threat. >> washington is in a difficult position. the islamic state in iraq and lavant may be leading the government against the shia-led government. other groups are taking part. iraq sunnis support a rebel yon. we cannot take sides in a hotel in what is described as a sunni-shia war. >> it may be too late. suileman once did he have hotel cooperated with the

there can be no political reconciliation in iraq until maliki leaves power. and there can be no peacean interim elevation government takes control to carry out reforms. >> translator: we informed sunni politicians, in fact, we warned them not to attend the parliament meet on the ground july 1st or else they will be considered traders. if they do, they would be giving legitimacy to maliki and accepting the killing of sunnis by maliki's militias. >> reporter: the national salvation government, however, has been dismissed by maliki. instead he called for the recently elected parliament to meet on july 1 to start the process of forming a government. a more inclusive government has been a key demand of the united states. and it wants it in place before assisting the iraqi government face what it called the militant threats. washington is in a difficult position, the islamic state in iraq and the levant may be leading the fight against the shia-led government, but other sunni groups are also taking part and iraq sunnis support the rebellion. the u.s. cannot be seen as taking sides in what i

most of the people here want a peaceful united iraq. many of them are worried that the country is, in fact, in danger of breaking up. this man was once the united states ambassador in baghdad. he sat down with nouri al-maliki many times in the past. if he could do so again right now what would he tell him? >> act immediately to repair relation world trade cente re--repair relations with the kurds and reach out to the sunnies. this is not meeting halfway. he'll need to take initiative and d take it seriously. >> is iraq in trouble. >> iraq is in serious trouble. >> the history of violence between sunni, shiva and kurds with little compromise. outside intervention above all from united states and iran has rarely been helpful. mr. maliki may succeed keeping the rebels out of baghdad, but national interest could be prove more difficult. >> the libyan government demanded the right to try the man who is being held on the u.s. navy ship. the u.s. claim he masterminded an attack that killed four americans including ambassador chris stephens. >>

is taking to help keep peace in iraq. >>> two things never before seen, we've got the exclusive coming right up. >>> happening now, getting ready for a weekend of pride in san francisco. and one of the biggest events of its kind in the nation. thousands of people are getting ready to hit the streets of san francisco for what's called the trans-march. it's one of the many gathering leading up to the main event, the parade. >> we have a story about how big names in tech are getting into the celebration as well but we begin with christie smith. >> reporter: they've got their flags with them. and they just took off down deloris street. this is the trans-march. people have been out here since noon today, some of them gathering. i want to pan around so you can see deloris park. this is where it all started at about noon today. some of them are telling us they came from far out of town just to be a part of this. they were talking about health care classes, advocacy, for transgender, non-conforming people. now this trans-march, in many ways, the big start to the pride weekend. it's the 11th ye

most of the people here want a peaceful united iraq. many of them are worried that the country is, in fact, in danger of breaking up. this man was once the united states ambassador in baghdad. he sat down with nouri al-maliki many times in the past. if he could do so again right now what would he tell him? >> act immediately to repair relations with the kurds, reach out to the sunnies. this isn't a question now of meeting people halfway. he's going to have to take most of the initiatives and do it quickly. >> is iraq salvageable as a state? >> iraq is in serious trouble. >> do you think it will break upper retrievebly? >> i think we should base our our decisions on the last 4 hours. outside intervention above all from the united states and iran has rarely been helpful. mr. mal maliki may well succeed keeping sunni rebels out of baghdad, but the national interest will prove more difficult. >> well, for more on this let's go live to washington, d.c. and speak to former chief of staff of the u.s. army and defense analysts general jack kean

. >>> in baghdad chia and sunni leaders calling for peace in iraq. >> we have been focusing on this issue all week. an influx of migrant children crossing into the united states. today a new step to fix the crisis. vice president joe biden to deal with the growing problem. mike viqueira join us now from the white house. what is this going to mean and the timing on this, why now? >> this is reaching crisis proportions. vice president biden stopped by gall mahlah to try to do something about the sudden influx of migrants, many of them unaccompanied children into the united states. the administration said that it's based on rumor unfounded rumors that once here these things will be able to stay. we'll try to get to some of the root causes of violence, the gang violence in many of these countries now is becoming overwhelming. they're becoming very dangerous places. in addition to the economic situation which is not good across much of central america. here's the money breakdown now. the funding includes $40 million to reduce gang membership in guatemala. $18.5million to build youth out reach

boehner today answering whether or not the united states should cooperate with iran to try to bring peace to iraqo. absolutely not. i can just imagine what our friends in the region, our allies, will be thinking about reaching out to iran at a time when they continue to pay for terrorism an foster terrorism. not only in syria, in lebanon and israel as well. >> the issue split the two leading hawks in the u.s. senate. senator john mccain and lindsey graham. often called the two amigos. senator graham said he was in favor for dialogue with iran. >> it is not as bad as hitler. iranians can provide some assets to make sure baghdad doesn't fall. we need to coordinate with iranians and turks need to get into the game and get sunni arabs back in the game and form a new government to out malaki and yes i don't want them to dominate iraq. let us save baghdad so there is a chance at a second government. >> figure that one out. work with iran but don't let them win. the height of falling to believe that the iranian regime can be our partner in managing the deteriorating situation or security situation in ir

numbers but really terror attacks bombings have continued long after the us left and declared peace or democracy in iraq. could stand where oil most of the oil is produced is semi and dependent these days even though they were these rebels took over mosul but ultimately i really don't think that of regular army can achieve much against a militia force of this type where they really don't care if they die or not that's the other factor so you've seen the terror they've also caused the population with their images that this is the same group that crucified people in syria. just a few weeks ago they will stop at absolutely nothing there that they're absolutely brutal to the point that even al qaeda central has repudiated them out so i hear he . has asked. in syria to fight them i don't know it sounds as if there's a direct link but. essentially this is a group that's gone to violence even for al qaeda hideouts under bruno mazed expert and contributor to geo politics dot com thank you so much for being in the know you're welcome thank you when news just in for us this hour the body of a sound engineer from

if you would just go back to january of this year the the iraq he forces attacked two unarmed peacefulotesters in iraq. this created a huge backlash against the iraqi government and the areas there has been attacks army and- by the iraqi the militias supporting it for lisa last four months. they have been throwing bombs, getting attacked back. this is been going on and i think building the infrastructure for the council government attack has been in the making for quite a time. so it wasn't very surprising for iraqis who have been following the situation, but i think it is still a surprise that armed forces have been funded by tens of billions of dollars which just collapsed in a couple of days. it shows how fragile and dysfunctional the entire iraqi military system is. and the fact the iraqi parliament failed to meet to pass martial laws, because they could not get a quorum, it shows how dysfunctional the political system continues to be. >> raed jarrar, i would ask about what is happening with the kurdish forces, what role they have been playing in the wake of the isis insurgency, wh

we had that conflict won in 2009 when we left iraq a peaceful, shouldering democracy. ge of baghdad at the height of the surge. ♪ >> if only it were a laughing matter. as the crisis in iraq worsens, president obama is preparing to send several hundred troops back to the war-torn country. but will that be enough to prevent another civil war? >>> plus big problems for wisconsin governor scott walker as newly released court documents put him at the center of a criminal finance scheme. we'll have reaction. >>> and two other potential 2016ers makes the headlines for the wrong reasons. saying something really stupid and then apologizing. this is "way too early." >>> good morning, i'm

. >> stephen: john mccain is right-- we had that conflict won in 2009 when we left iraq a peaceful, smoldering democracy. ( laughter ) i believe we have some footage of baghdad at the height of the surge. ♪ ♪ ( cheers ). >> stephen: okay. ( laughter ) there were a few upticks in violence, but for the most part, when we left the sunni and the shia were bronies. it was especially nice to see the return of the leader of the iraq pack, old dead eyes. he crawled out from under his undisclosed rock to point an icy finger of truth at barack obama. in an op-ed in what many are calling the "wall street journal," cheney writes, "rarely has a u.s. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many." yes, rarely, maybe only one other time. ( laughter ) ( applause ) of course, the liberals, the liberals-- ( cheers ) , of course, the liberal media went right after him, especially left wing loon megyn kelly. >> time and time again, history has proven that you got it wrong as well in iraq, sir. you said there was no doubt saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. you said we would be greete

iraq. ♪ >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. turn now to iraq.resident obama announced a plan to send up to 300 military advisers to support iraqi forces confronting the sunni militants who have seized a large swath of the country. >> this will continue to increase our support to iraqi security forces. we are prepared to create joint operation centers in baghdad and northern iraq to share intelligence and coordinate planning to confront the terrorist threat of isil. we are prepared to work with congress to provide additional equipment. we have had advisers in your rack through our embassy and are prepared to send a number of military advisers, up to 300, to assess how we can best trade, advise, and support iraqi security forces going forward. american forces will not be returning to combat in iraq. but we will help iraqis as they take the time -- fight to terrorists to protect the region and american interests as well. to capitol hill where we are joined by congress member colleen hanabusa, democrat from hawaii, introduced an amendment this week

peace. i'm not afraid now. >> reporter: as iraq's war continues sectarian tension is increasing.ple like these with an inclusive message will play an important role in helping to apiece it. >>> a top lebanese security official has survived an assassination attempt at a check point near the border of syria. we have the report and just a warning you may find some of the images disturbing. >> reporter: one of the top security commanders had just passed through this security check point when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives. this is the main highway linking the area to damascus. this man heard the explosion and then saw flesh and metal pieces fly over to here. >> translator: i saw one of the security men on the floor. cars on fire. the people were terrified. >> reporter: this truck driver first thought his tire blew off then he saw the smoke. >> translator: we like to help the [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: officials quickly blamed armed groups. in the past few months there has been a lull in the violence in lebanon. but since the attack in iraq, lebanon officials have been on

baghdad's political leaders was stop fighting amongst yourself or risk having isis shatter iraq's fragile peace. iraqi troops didn't turn and%k%n today but isis militants advanced to bakuba less than 30 miles from baghdad. the insurgents control almost the entire border with syria and for a while also seize add key checkpoint with jordan urging to the urgency of john kerry's trip to baghdad, landing under intense security. he met with sunni and shia power brokers. for almost two hours with prime malaki stressing that this is a moment of decision, a critical time for iraq's leaders. >> iraq faces an exsten shell threat and iraq's leaders have to meet the threat with the urgency it demands. the very future of iraq depends on choices that will be made in the next days and weeks. >> reporter: the other leaders with whom you met today indicate that they have the confidence that prime minister malaki can change? >> all of the leaders that i talked with today, including prime minister malaki, professed their commitment to the meeting the date and their understanding that they need to move rapidly to f

the history of iraq didn't begin with the american invasion. >> right. >> there have been conflict for hundreds of years. for 425 years, prior to the versailles peace conference in 1919, there was no iraq. so the notion that conflict began with the united states is plainly faults and contrat i couldn't. we do have a problem. we should help. but ultimately the people of iraq who would decide. the people of syria who will decide the future of syria, egyptians who will decide the future of egypt. we should encourage, insist, especially those and there are many who want more open, tolerant rege-mails who want governments that provide the basic services that give people healthcare. >> that's what people want and we can do what we can to help. but we cannot view this as it is the responsibility of the united stateses to fix what's happening in iraq. the really tough part of democracy which we are struggling with as the greatest and the longest continuous democracy in houston. the really tough part is how do democracies. >> yes >> majority rules but you protect minority rights. we have a tough time with it. those countries have a tough time with it. you c

absolutely unbelievable. 4434 people lost their lives, a surge was put together to give you a somewhat peaceful iraqe asking you. anthony e-mailed us this, our unit did casual evacuations during iraq and now we see it was all in vain for nothing. >> douglas e-mailed, if ten years war, a trillion dollars, 4500 deaths and tens of thousands of seriously wounded couldn't provide a stable government, it is long pastime to call it a day. >> some believe that. facebook is where we find one that said we abandoned them, this will happen in afghanistan as well. i cannot lie -- i cannot say his theory is incorrect. >> it's heart breaking to see those images of the exodus out of the communities because they don't want to get killed by the insurgents. it's heart breaking. meanwhile, so is this. okay. we're not helping the country of iraq and it looks like we are helping thousands of illegals to get lives here in the united states because -- there are many people who say this is a political calculation on the part of the administration -- over the last couple of days, you've learned of this crisis, this humanitar

but peace in iraq is much more compelling and necessary for iran than it is for the united states. the united states is much farther away. >> you pointed out that some of these more hawkish arguments whipping people into a frenzy about this do seem to have a tinge of trying to prove a point from long ago. i think regardless of where you fall on what kind of intervention is appropriate right now there's a robust case to be made for caution because these kinds of alliances of exactly the type you are talking about can sure backfire as we've seen in this region. we have a two-minute warning. the president is about to arrive. while we await him, i'm going to go to kelly o'donnell on capitol hill. kelly, is the president in a lose-lose situation here? it seems like as hawkish as he could be or as cautious as he could be, he's being accused of dropping the ball. >> it's so complicated because the president is not likely to go far enough to appease republicans who have been pounding him today on the senate floor in particular about a range of his foreign policy ideas. and certainly democr

variety of issues they discussed the harrowing developments in iraq negotiations over iran's nuclear program the stalled middle east peace process with respect to iraq president said that the sectarian conflict is not just a threat to only the arab world it's a threat to the entire region with respect to iran president obama said he wants the israelis to trust that he would never allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon we have to remember that israel is quite angry and frustrated with the u.s. over coming to an interim agreement with iran but lifting sanctions a little bit if iran halts part of its nuclear program israel wanted the entire program completely dismantled before saying sions were lifted tel aviv believes that tehran is using its nuclear program to build a nuclear weapon and iran maintains that it's only enriching uranium for peaceful purposes and it's no secret that president obama has not had the easiest time dealing with israel elise and the last several months with iran being one of those sticking point issues was this trip meant to sort of smooth over relation the relations between the two countries possi