But if there's any chance Maliki can't be at the head of it to protect Baghdad, to protect Kurdistan, the Kurd region. Do you think that there also needs to be action in Syria against isis? We have to recognize that We are in a war against Islamic terrorism, and we're going to have to confront it wherever it exists. And right now, it exists certainly in Syria as well as in Iraq. And we have to understand that. We had a debate in, you know, President Obama about a year ago declared the war on terror over. (06:49–06:56)
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