is where the terrorists will come after you defeat them in syria, iraq and afghanistan. and there are some groups within this system of terrorist groups that would attack our allies. arthel: so is there a need for a new anti-terrorism strategy? joining us now, lieutenant colonel mitch utterback, former special officer in the u.s. army. i want to start here in raqqa. i mean, it s certainly good news that but it doesn t mean the slate is clean in raqqa. if you would, walk us through the residual effects, the aftermath. what happens there now? thanks, arthel. well, it was almost two years ago next month that then-president obama sent 50 special forces advisers to northern syria to knock down the first domino. raqqa is certainly one of the dominoes, the big one for the strategic and propaganda victory in eastern syria, but the euphrates river valley southeast of raqqa all the way to the anbar province, the border with
iraq, is still infested with isis. and our troops are still going to be advising our kurdish and arab allies to continue to eradicate leftover isis pockets in that part of the country. and iraq is still fighting isis in their own, in parts of their country as well. arthel: uh-huh. and then you have, you know, senator graham saying, listen, don t be surprised if a lot of this, this fighting with isis ends up in africa. so how does this change the fight? does the trump administration need to lay out a new anti-terror strategy? well, the administration, believe it or not, last week s release of the policy on iran is a pillar of the counterterrorism, anti-terrorism strategy. iran, the largest state sponsor of terror. so part of the strategy has already been released. but it is important to know that there are we ve got the best people in the pentagon and something senator graham, other senators need to know, we have