Mitchell to Pentagon: Why Aren’t We ‘Bombing the Hell’ out of ISIS and Hitting People?

MITCHELL: "…Why aren’t we just bombing the hell out of them [ISIS] right there?"

KIRBY: "Well, we are hitting targets up in the north."

MITCHELL: "We are not hitting people so much as we are hitting a tank here and placement here. We are hitting APCs, we are not hitting troops or forces."

KIRBY: "It's little bit of both right now, Andrea. I mean, the prime focus in Syria has been -- most of it in the last few days on strategic targets; things that get into their ability to sustain themselves. That's why we hit those oil refineries, and we hit more over the weekend. And you're also starting to see that the target has changed a little bit in Syria, to include some tactical targets as well, some vehicles and some check points and that kind of thing. So we are mixing it up a little bit and we are hitting them a little bit harder there in the north and still in Raqqa as well."