CNN New Day December 29, 2015 13:45:00
Improving the situation in iraq but containing the islamic state as well. containing it perhaps degrading to the point where it is truly diminished in terms of its ability to projects its power. >> isis is in a defensive crouch. isis has lost 40% of its land mass, territory in iraq and syria. but that is the military footprint. that is that picture. when you go up to 30 thousand feet it is really complicated. keeping isis on the defense. >> it is because what you have seen in the last decade is the collapse of state authority and the rise of these trans national actors. let me remind us that w...