maintains it, because isis is a difficult enemy to defeat, because it is difficult to get them to one area, and you do need intelligence and people on the ground, and sustained attack, and so the killing of jihad john, and the taking back of sinjar by the peshmerga and all of that is a significant step. again, eye is is also still making inroads themselves, so and so we have to keep it up, and maintain it, and realize, this is a long struggle. but if we keep going like this, we are going in the right direction. it is a long haul, and long time, and we have been fighting really almost one hand behind our back by not having forces on the ground for intelligence purposes, and if it is correct, we are going in the right way, and the president needs to s sustain it. >> and now, this is what is going on right now in the war against isis as commented on