retired army lieutenant john nagel fought in iraq and earned a bronze star and literally co-wrote the army counterinsurgery field manager and trained those embedded with other unit. he joins me now. if anyone knows what iraq's army is capable of and what it will need from the united states it's from him. he's the author of this book: good to see you. thank you for being with us. you heard imran khan's evaluation of what the iraqis are saying. they want to take the battle to i.s.i.l. themselves and promised not to cut and run like last time. they need american help they want american weapons and advisors. they don't want americans leading the battle on the ground. does that jibe with what you understand to be the case? >> it does. they want more american help than they have gotten today. currently 2,600 advisors we need to multiple it by five if we take mosul back in anything like a reasonable period of time and with casualties and costs that the trouble iraqi forces can bear. >> we are not sure we are out of the woods on there being a troubled iraqi government. can i.s.i.l. be defeate

retired army lieutenant john nagel fought in iraq and earned a bronze star and literally co-wrote the army counterinsurgery field manager and trained those embedded with other unit. he joins me now. if anyone knows what iraq's army is capable of and what it will need from the united states it's from him. he's the author of this book: good to see you. thank you for being with us. you heard imran khan's evaluation of what the iraqis are saying. they want to take the battle to i.s.i.l. themselves, and promised not to cut and run like last time. they need american help, they want american weapons and advisors. they don't want americans leading the battle on the ground. does that jibe with what you understand to be the case? >> it does. they want more american help than they have gotten today. currently 2,600 advisors, we need to multiple it by five if we take mosul back in anything like a reasonable period of time and with casualties and costs that the trouble iraqi forces can bear. >> we are not sure we are out of the woods on there being a troubled iraqi government. can i.s.i.l. be defe

john a responsibility to lay out a strategy, and that backs up the legal. let me rephrase -- there is no language that will make everyone happy on capitol hill. democrats for the most part, i'm painting broad strokes, think this is way too broad, especially with language were loaded related to enemies. host: do you think the 2001 aumf needs to be repealed? guest: i will stick to what i said before, that is, unless the threats directed by that 2001 aumf cease to be threats to our country in a substantial nature, we should not repeal it. should be there point in time where we as americans can say we defeated that enemy and we do not know when that is. i do not think it should erupt into this amf. i think this aumf has serious deficiencies, by do not think it should be repealed. host: jennifer daskal, the front pages of thhe newspapers this morning, the egyptian president saying the u.s. needs to lead a coalition into syria. does the aumf allow him to do that? guest: yes. there is no geographical limitation on the aumf. there's unfortunately very little as to