things. first of all, it's a template for what the iraqi army does next. second, it's sort of a testing ground, if you will. the iraqi army has put several different commanders through that effort. they've rotated commando units back and forth through ramadi. they've tried out different tactics, techniques and procedure, you know, following sort of a siege tactic to close in on ramadi. if anything, ramadi has been a chance for the iraqi army to sort themselves out, go to school, find out who the good leaders are and also to improve the quality of liaison between the iraqi army and the american advisers. does it bode well for mosul? i don't think anybody knows. remember, mosul is a long, long way from baghdad and the iraqi army's biggest problem now is not close combat or air strikes but it's logistics. getting to mosul and taking that much larger city down, leland. >> at some lovell, as we've