army lieutenant colonel tony schafer, former state department official christian widen. all right, guys, you've seen this explosive interview with the three men actually on the ground telling us what happened that night. what's your take? i'll go to you first, tony schafer. >> well, first off, my heart goes out to mrs. smith. i feel so terribly for her. >> all of us. >> oh, the bottom line is that delay of a half an hour could have made a huge difference both to save the life of mr. smith and ambassador stevens. and the other thing about this, judge, we know at the tactical level that you need to get in there immediately. you throw the enemy off his game plan. that gives you time to actually reassess how to get in there. judge, this is the bad news this. stand down order wasn't just there. as you point out and others have pointed out there, should have been air power there. someone had to issue a stand down order across the board. she's correct. someone's lying. because the moment this thing is reported up the chain of command, at least three separate d.o.d. command, spe

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joining us now is fox news military analyst tony schafer. to be here. >> you heard the president's speech he talked about air strikes and moving them into syria. will it be enough? >> he should have had air strikes going the moment he announced it. that is what is required to show he is serious. secondly the narrative has to be cleared up. we have boots on the ground in iraq. we have to determine how to going about solidifying the stopping of isis and then pushing it back. boots on the ground are required the problem is we don't have -- (indiscernible). two brig big grades could push isis out in 60 days. it's picking the right people for the right job at the right time. >> they would need our assistance? >> they would. >> we have combat troops on the ground in iraq. >> let me be clear on this. i get annoyed with the media and president on this. we have over 1 is,000 troops on the ground in iraq. they are armed because it would be irresponsible to send people into harm's way without boots on the ground. we have to have boots on the ground. ge