president obama committed to an extraction mode that's getting us out of the middle east rather than more forces in, the american ability -- america's ability to bolster the iraqi forces have been limited. i think progress would have been faster had our commitment been stronger, but it is what it is and it's beginning really six months. and 16% of the territory it took. so the tide is turning. the momentum is beginning to go in the direction of the united states and its coalition but the major threats really lie ahead. >> they do indeed. but do you see a shift with this president given the heavy criticism against the administration for not listening to his military leaders and that maybe we see more of this in the