the strategy calling what they be done against isis a success. here is josh earnest earlier this week. >> what's true is that the strategy that the president has deployed alongside our 60 coalition partners, has more often than not yielded important success. obviously, it's retaking mosul is going to be a difficult campaign as well. but we continue to have confidence in the strategy. >> confidence in the strategy. ramadi falls, then we get it back in part. it's not us, it's an iraqi army that we're calling incompetent. what is the strategy? >> i don't know what the strategy is. i think the president should be much more aggressive in terms of bringing allies together in the middle east. there are countries in the middle east, the saudis, the emerodies, jor deignians who want to lead the fight. they need american vision.