about what on earth is going on in iraq. it seems to be a hot mess now. explain how this is related to the civil war in syria which is now turning into a regional war that has spilled into not only lebanon but now iraq. >> you've got it. it has turned into a regional war. it is not to say that there aren't internal issues in iraq. but i think the prime issue is you have syria becoming a kind of magnet for every sunni islamist to come and fight. and certainly one of the great struggles for the sunnis in that region of the middle east is the fact that the shia now control iraq. and a few years ago, the u.s. military did a lot. they first of all, helped seal the border to prevent foreign fighters or to linlt foreign fighters from coming into iraq. secondly, they worked with sunni sheikhs in the anbar area where the two cities are located to