Which Boots on the Ground Can We Trust?
"I do think boots on the ground are necessary to achieve the mission... but the face of the boots on the ground ought to be a Muslim face from the region," says Jane Harman in this interview on Morning Joe.
"I do think boots on the ground are necessary to achieve the mission... but the face of the boots on the ground ought to be a Muslim face from the region," says Jane Harman in this interview on Morning Joe.
Jane Harman and Dan Senor join Morning Joe to discuss how the U.S. should respond to the threat of ISIS.
"I think he should say 'no' on boots on the ground, no American boots. I do think boots on the ground are necessary to achieve the mission. What we are doing with air power is hopefully clearing or at least degrading ISIL, but we have to hold the ground; someone has to hold the ground. If the Iraq state holds together, the new government, those are the folks that will do it. In Syria it's much dicier, that's why we are training 5,000 people in Saudi Arabia, and perhaps in Jordan, to do that mission. There will be US special forces, and maybe local special forces, on the ground but I think that in this case, given our history, the face of the boots on the ground ought to be a Muslim face from the region. "
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