what was his assessment of the situation on the ground there? >> he and general dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs say the general lines are positive situation on the ground capability of the iraqi security forces you at the same time grant that the city ramadi you said largest in western iraq may well fall to isis and general dempsey made the case it's not strategically important, bricks and mortar hard to see how it isn't major foreices and 60 miles from the capital bag dads. baghdad. this is ramadi under a punishing assault by isis. iraqi officials inside western iraq's largest city tell cnn it is on the brink of falling to the terror group. adding decembersperate calls for reinforcement. and today joint chiefs general martin dempsey conceded iraqi forces may very bell lose ramadi