i think the situation that we re seeing in iraq with isis and its advances toward baghdad, clearly they have gained a lot of momentum. they have some immense victory. the thing about isis this is not a counterinsurgency, this is very much what appears to be the incipient stages of a civil war. they are heavily armed. they have self-propelled art tillry. they keep up a lot of dust in military terms which means that they can be targeted. they have to have weapons stockpiled. they have to have secure lines of communication as they advance. all of those are very vulnerable. at this point, air strikes should not be on the table. they should be in the air so we can give maliki some breathing room. political discussions need to be a secondary part of all of this. well, let me use that as a segue to bringing governor