the iraqi army is going to put something in the range of 20,000 troops up against them. kurdish peshmerga, iraqi troops, both sunni and shia, and a small number of american advisers. but they will have american drones, there will be american air support. and the idea here is to launch a genuinely iraqi response, not iranian, not -- if that works, nothing succeeds like success in military affairs. >> can we take a look attic rit. and tell us why you think it's so important. >> it goes to what fareed said. the criticality of taking land away from isis, because that's what they desire, that's part of the caliphate. taking back mosul. we've seen the buildup also in s samara. a critically important shia city with a lot of sunnis there. >> not too far from baghdad. >> about halfway distant between tikrit and baghdad.