islamic state, the caliphate. it is a serious dangerous large scale insurgency that continues to threaten lives not only of people, here, but also we saw earlier in january, the four americans killed. so they're a threat in syria, they're a threat in iraq. it continues to be a threat there. in addition to the fact that we have to look beyond syria and iraq to places like libya. afghanistan. the philippines. other parts of north africa, where groups affiliated or who pledged allegiance to isis continue to operate quite openly. quite brazenly. so yes, in the one corner of syria, isis as a territorial thing, is about to be eliminated, but isis as an idea, as a threat, is very much