CNN The Situation Room May 25, 2015 22:08:00
Neither they nor anything we do can substitute for the iraqi forces' will to fight. they're the ones who have to beat isil and then keep them beaten. >> reporter: now, look carter chose his words very carefully. top commanders here at the pentagon have received information on what happened in ramadi. they're well aware of the assessment on the ground there. there is more to it than that. why did this happen? why did the iraqi forces not fight? some of the factors involved they hadn't been paid in a long time. they hadn't been home to see their familiar possibly in weeks. some of them exhausted...
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