this. >> rick francona, doesn't this, however, play into isis propagan propaganda? no matter how you slice it and dice it, whatever the boots on the ground end up being, the fact of the matter, if you have that image of returning u.s. military to the middle east, actively on the ground, doesn't that play into isis propaganda which ultimately comes back and hurts the u.s.? >> yeah. you could see it that way. but if you're able to get in there and deal with several defeats isis if if you could start rolling these people back, take territory from help, taking raqqah from them, reclaiming mosul, that cuts their narrative and hurts their recruiting effort. we could turn this around. we can't not do things because it might play into isis' social media network. >> is there a question of timelines? is time running out? we heard a top democrat say on sunday that he feels the u.s. is running out of time in this fight against isis. is the window closing? >> well, i don't know if it's