ramadi. joining me retired brigadier former assistant secretary of state for political military affairs, also note security and defense adviser to a number of u.s. and foreign firms. general, thanks very much to have you here. so let's look at the map to gauge coalition progress against isis. i'll admit i look at this map all the time. i always have trouble seeing it visually. this is where we stand today. let's really focus on the red areas here. those are under isis control, the yellow areas with an isis support zone. tell me what we see here and what's important about these areas. >> well, the important thing to note is that everything is along the river. this is euphrates river here, this is the tigris river here. the fight going on right now is along the euphrates from baghdad tora ma di. but the real prize is up in mosul. it's going to be a tougher fight. >> moving up the river in fact. let's be clear go back to january of this year where they stood. so they were further down along here. so we can call that a success.