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In, kutz forces, it is contributing to the good. >> lets see if this works out. i think youre right that thats the plan and the iraqi government has made some good steps. they are going to retake mosul as we understand it. there are about 2,000 isil fighters there. the iraqis are going to put somewhere in the range of 20,000 troops up against them. kurdish peshmerga, and a small number of american advisers, but they will have american drones, american air support, and the idea is to launch a gen...

Over, we saw some early indications of that even when i was there. when we conducted operations in mosul, mr. maliki was beginning to replace his generals. and we were seeing the kinds of people he was replacing them with. >> cronies. >> cronies. they just didnt know how to lead. and the soldiers can feel that. if you go into a situation where youre not paid and people are threatening you and you have no leadership, youre going to quit your job too, especially if someone comes in and threatens t...

And they are beginning to see that the government in baghdad is now very interested in them. were seeing mr. al bad di goin out, linking up with the tribal sheikhs and sunni tribes. that never happened when i was there with mr. maliki. >> but we were talking about this sunni/shia divide. and that plays into this as well, not just the makeup of the military, but you have the shia militias backed by iran which have made many of the advances that have taken place over the past couple months. >> and...