further and thus doing exactly what i.s.i.s. wants? >> exactly not. the terms in which we're willing to go in as advisers initially is to do an assessment of, do they still have a functioning chain of command, and is there military still capable? what we also said is if we don't see sunni, shia and kurd representation in the military command structure, if we don't see sunni, shia and kurd political support for what we're doing, then we won't do it. >> finally, do you really believe in your gut that this change can happen, that they can unify in iraq? >> i think we'll know from soon enough. they don't have a lot of time. there's a timetable that is in place under their constitution. the good news is that so far at least all the parties have said that we want to abide by the constitution. so they had the chance, but