there. they make their suicide tapes, and it's a place to operate from. we saw afghanistan used to be that for al qaeda. we're seeing raqqa for isis. the u.s. commanding general of the oh operation has said that this is critical, that the timing is critical. that's driving this operation and putting uz sideways with the turks. the turks went to lead the free syrian army into the raqqa. they believe if we let the syrian backed force go in there that the people of raqqa will say we're trading one oppressor for the other. i don't believe that's true. if time is of the essence, the u.s.-backed forces, they're only about 20 kilometers from raqqa. the turkish free syrian army is