we're prepositioning for the potential of airstrikes. but the president and others are really reluctant to use air power to support maliki. they don't want to take sides in this sectarian debate. >> sure. >> so far maliki has been sectarian. he's not been the government governing all of iraq. >> i'm afraid the two issues that are most connected with this are the way that this group was able to overrun a part of syria, take control, build up and rearm and refinance themselves there in syria and then come over the border. the other aspect is the sectarianism of the maliki government. i think the u.s. is absolutely right and would do so with the community to leverage its support, to say to prime minister maliki either he has to change or the government has to change. very important in this ayatollah in iraq, very important for the