far bigger, far better organized. better funded, better equipped than was the al qaeda of 9/11. so i would argue that while our boots on the ground role should be limited to advising, as general dempsey points out, i think we've really reached the point where we need to be seriously considering and executing very carefully targeted air strikes against facilities that they hold, against their command and control nodes, and against their leadership if we've got them in our sights. >> in iraq and syria? >> in a sense the islamic state may have done us a favor by publicly erasing the