mountains when the fighters had an intense gunbattle killing his mates all 16 servicemen were dead he was the lone survivor. . >> welcome back to modern warriors on this memorial day weekend great conversation continuing over the break talking about rules of engagement and how long the war will go on. the war in afghanistan the war in iraq and the resurgence of isys and the defeat of isys but it feels like there's always another iteration and you have studied this closely. are we a quarter of the way or halfway are we winning or losin losing? . >> we are winning no doubt. currently the numbers are around 1000 on the eastern side of syria on the iraqi border 300 or fighters the rest are women and children.