they have a lot of work do. >> tom doherty, michael shore, always good to have you with us.nks. >> thanks, guys. >>> "consider this" will be had right back. >> if you don't go to college you gonna be stuck here... i don't wanna be stuck here. >> catch the whole ground-breaking series. "edge of eighteen". thanksgiving marathon. friday. 9:00 am eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> can the u.s. win the fight against isil. and can our military strategy help bring peace in the broader middle east? u.s. war planes against attacked isil positions in and around the town of kobane wednesday and, kurdish fighters captured six buildings from the terrorists and seized large numbers of isil weapons and ammunition. but isil threats to strike back may have been realized which at least five victims were killed in a suicide car bombing in the kurdish capital of erbil. for more i am joined from boston by andrew, a fellow at columbia university. a pr professor of history of international relations at boston university. he served for 23 years in the army retiring as a colonel. he's also aut

they have a lot of work do. >> tom doherty, michael shore, always good to have you with us.thanks, guys. >>> "consider this" will be had right back. >> friday. al jazeera america presents. >> this is it. >> oscar winner alex gibney's "edge of eighteen", thanksgiving marathon. >> oh my god! >> intense pressure. >> if i said that i'm perfectly fine, i would be lying. >> tough realities. >> i feel so utterly alone. >> life changing moments. >> in this envelope is my life. >> if you don't go to college you gonna be stuck here... i don't wanna be stuck here. >> catch the whole ground-breaking series. "edge of eighteen". thanksgiving marathon. friday. 9:00 am eastern. only on al jazeera america. against isil. and can our military strategy help bring peace in the broader middle east? u.s. war planes against attacked isil positions in and around the town of kobane wednesday and, kurdish fighters captured six buildings from the terrorists and seized large numbers of isil weapons and ammunition. but isil threats to strike back may have been realized which at least five victims were ki