believe in reconciliation and protect itself and its friends. for more go to cnn.com/fareed and read my washington post column this week. let's get started. let's get caught up on the latest from iraq. four towns between the syrian border and baghdad fell to isis. that is the sunni militant group. one of the towns it took yesterday is 62 miles from the iraqi capital. in baghdad yesterday the rifle shia sect held a show of force of its own. it was organized by a cleric made infamous by his actions during the most recent u.s. war with iraq battling u.s. forces. nic robertson is in baghdad and joins me live. nic, it feels like on the ground washington may be talking about