Michael McCaul actually said...

"It is someone else's civil war' is a familiar refrain we are hearing often again. That is, again, a very false and dangerous narrative."

"to defeat this threat we need more than kinetic force."

"the terror threat is growing and some are not paying adequate attention to that."

"I agree that, you know, as al-Qaeda does spread--in a different form, Jane, you are absolutely right, they have evolved--but as it spreads, as Peter Bergen said, al-Qaeda has the largest presence now ..."