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Ready, it seems to the call it fully liberated, but if they are calling it earlier than they should, it is absolutely no surprise. you mentioned the humiliation in may when ramadi fell, and the iraqi army fled ahead of the advancing isis forces, and it was not a humiliation to the iraqi force, but it was a entire rethink and redress of the u.s. strategy of why it is not working. what we are seeing in ramadi is the fruits of a complete restrategization, bringing in the sunni mobilization troops, and much like what we saw in 2006 and 2007, and the sunni a wakening then to push back the isis precursor al qaeda in iraq. and there is a stake here that not the least of which is ramadi could be the blueprint for the fight against isis in fallujah ....
Clearing those areas, and inside of the is the city center, they have cleared the neighborhoods that have not been cleared and squad-sized elements, and seven or eight-men teams of enemy fig fighters still moving around, and additionally a threat for unexploded ordinannanceordnance and booby trapped houses, and so there is still a number of security issues. are you going to be confident that the forces can hold ramadi? based on where the battlefield sits, it does not appear that isil has the strength to knock the iraqi security forces oout of their positions. okay. so pretty confident coming from you there. and so, looking forward perhaps to another push, what happens next year? could we see a push to retake mosul? well, mosul is certainly on the list of things to do as we ....
Raised the iraqi flag in victory. you may are recall that ramadi fell to eisis in may, and that s seen as a major fight to retain the terror group. i want to get to nima elbager. would it be isis retreating or are they defeated the group? well, they are retreating and a number of eisis groups are heading back towards mosul and they have been clashing with them to the right. and they acknowledge pockets of fighting, but they feel and the key word is they, they feel that they have taken enough of the city, and the structure of the city to call it liberated. the u.s.-led coalition, the pentagon in the statement was very careful to congratulate iraq on continuing successes against isis, and not quite ....
Status. it hurts hillary clinton because she wants to wrap this up. she wants to get to the general election. she doesn t want to do this, should i be a left candidate, a central dand date. the longer the primary drags out, the more she s put in that uncomfortable position. as the focus of the presidential race has shifted so much to national security, what are you most looking out for in the first few weeks of 2016. well, there s really two things. one is whether or not the fight against isis is going to make any prozbresz. we see a big battle going on in iraq and ramadi. we see increasing steps toward asyrian peace process. if that turns around, that will give hillary clinton, as part of the barack obama administration, a lot more confidence that she can run on the national security record she s responsible for. number two thing is the iran deal. it gets implemented next month. that s a big political football. if that goes well, that helps ....
Hillary clinton who was integral in set up that deal. i want to add to the first point that josh made, if the talks about syria and if more importantly the battle for ramadi goes well and continues to other isis-held cities. last week hillary clinton was at a debate and she talked about the fact that the obama administration policy and strategy toward isis is actually doing well and she got hammered by republicans across the board. if the strategy in these battles continue to show progress, be harder to say that about her. exactly. but they definitely will continue to do that unquestionable. great to see you guys. thank you. thank you, merry christmas. new video inside the fight to take ramadi. this is the iraqi military ....