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When we came back to mosul a couple of weeks ago, the city was almost unrecognizable. isis militants were and still are fighting to the death for each and every house. we expected that, and we knew that there was no way the iraqi army backed by the might of american firepower was going to lose the battle. what we weren't prepared for was the price the people of mosul would have to pay. this is what victory in mosul looks like. a city the size of philadelphia reduced to rubble, its people dead, injured, or displaced. and this is the old city where the last remnants of the isis fighters holed up...

Responsibility. >> richard, the strategy is really not a strategy. it's basically a goal. it's the goal to try to rely on the generals, let them decide how many troops are needed, to delegate authority to the battlefield commanders. as you saw yourself in mosul, they are calling in air strikes. the iraqis are calling in air strikes. this has led to a much faster pace. the president's constant refrain as you saw in the piece is he wants to deliver on that campaign promise of defeating isis. and he seems committed to it, leaving the strategy, as i say, completely up to the generals, up to mattis...

Soldiers. half of their patients are civilians. some of the most harrowing cases he's seen involve children. >> the mom stepped on an ied, and she was killed, and the kid was split open. a 2-year-old. the kid was this big. >> that's one of the cases that will stick with you. >> that's one of the ones that will stick with me. >> we first met reed in november just after the mosul offensive began. he and a friend came to iraq to fight as volunteers, but they ended up doing first aid. >> i still have some fight left in me. i can use my medical for good. >> how many front-line medical posts like th...

In syria. others that a u.s. air strike in mosul got him. at this point we can't confirm any of these rumors. most likely they're a combination of wishful thinking and a crude attempt to get him to step out of the shadows. u.s. officials don't think he's in mosul, but one source told me there are teams on stand by watching closely just in case. next up, andrea mitchell looks back at the way american presidents, three so far, managed the war in iraq and asks some of the key architects of the american strategy when and if the mission will ever truly be accomplished. plus treating the injured in ...

The generals the authority they need, let them fight isis, and not worry about it? >> it seems to be -- we don't know what the larger strategy is. we haven't heard enough from this president about it, and this delegation of authority does mean that they're committed to stay, but we don't know what the mission is. what are they really trying to accomplish? the commanding general said this week that there will be an enduring u.s. presence there because they do expect, as general petraeus said, that guerrilla groups will pop up. the islamic state have lost the territory, but they have not disappe...