McCain: ISIL is winning

Sen. John McCain asserted on Sunday he United States and its allies were not winning in the conflict against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

'They're winning, and we're not,' Arizona Republican said on CNN's 'State of the Union' about the group, which has claimed large amounts of territory in both Iraq and Syria.

'The Iraqis are not winning, The Peshmerga, the Kurds are not winning,' McCain told host Candy Crowley.

McCain said that more American troops need to be on the ground in the form of forward air controllers and special forces to help assist in airstrikes. He also called a no-fly zone over both Syria and Iraq.

And he said the targets of the air war should be expanded to include the ruling regime of Syria - which is embroiled in a civil war at the same time as ISIL advances

'You have to go after ISIS and Bashar Al-Assad,' McCain said, adding that ISIL forces were crossing freely between both countries.

'There's no boundary between Syria and Iraq. Why should we differentiate?' McCain said.

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