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    Should U.S. increase presents in North Africa?

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Let's bring Katie McBride a Fox -- national security analyst -- let's pick up couple what -- just reported to us about the enduring government and the response from them.

During this hostage crisis being in his words confusing and inconsistent.

What's the right response from America.

We'll -- -- the Algerian government and why they've done what they've done.

In the 1990s they fought a brutal civil war against these very same people who have -- taken hostages -- -- Islamic Maghreb al-Qaeda and the various options haven't.

So the Algerian government want to do this hostage take down on its own.

They did not they cared less about preserving life and maybe saving hostages as clashing this al-Qaeda movement that they don't -- to get a foothold and you now what they.

Did in the 1990s when -- -- it -- situation it is different than what happened and -- got the bad it'll bring that up with the you can see Libya had not far away from this big area where these terrorists are operating now in northern Africa.

If there are bad guys on the ground there and the bad guys have are people why do we asked for permission.

To go in and help our own people well.

In -- you know and that's a really good question and we ought to figure it out now because this is not going to be the last time this happens.

We will find throughout North Africa I think going from North Africa to the Middle East to the Arabian Peninsula potentially all the way to Afghanistan.

We will see an increase in hostage taking attacks against America why but what -- the perceived to be leaving the region.

So -- -- and we're also leaving behind in practical terms an awful lot of civilians.

Who -- they're teaching school who were working there who -- working in hospitals and those people are now going to be.

Really wide open and unprotected and I think the third reason that people are gonna go after Americans is we never went after the people who did the killings and then house.

I want to pick up off -- that point to and bring in wet one of the president's key advisors told Chris lost today and proxy sending when asked about.

You where do we stand if you will on the war in terror and the war against your enemies let's take a listen to this.

I think.

This is a reminder that countries around the world share joint threat from these terrorist organizations.

-- why we are so active about providing.

Expertise and an information technology to help them destroy these networks where there exist.

And it's a reminder obviously northern Africa and other parts of the world al-Qaeda and al-Qaeda affiliated groups remain a real threat.

A joint effort.

If you -- KT well.

What it was the United States that helped topple all these dictators and really opened pandora's box and leave open.

The sort of chaos political chaos in space where al-Qaeda which didn't start the revolutions didn't start the Arab Spring.

But is now taking full advantage of -- so.

To the extent that we're cooperating woman who were sharing intelligence -- one thing we're not doing is going after the terrorists are -- hit the president could say one thing tomorrow send a message GP well.

To our enemies abroad what would you advise him to say I think what -- ought to say is.

We're now really gonna go after instead -- -- a lot of good speeches like he always does saying we're back tracked down the people they killed around a little bit -- talking a little bit more do.

Because what he's not done as follow those words with actions to eighteen I can feel in society and watches -- story John.

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