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Remember, we had this conversation back when the iraqis were promising they would retake mosul by the end of the year, and none of us believed that, and i think that reality set in once they actually started the operation. and as barbara said, this two-week lull was actually a reset, and they're calling it phase two. in reality, they were stopped. isis put up a much more difficult fight than everybody thought they would do. iraqis took more casualties than they thought they were going to, and now are re-assessing. three months a optimistic. i hope they can do it. as we get closer into the city...