Know the human terrain in these areas very very very well. They are ruthless, and they are committed and determined. And theyre exhibiting the will to fight. And theyre fighting for pewer, theyre fighting for ideological reasons. But for many sunni arabs who are sfrus frustrated. Theyre fighting for they land families, and future and theyre not. Theyre fighting anyway because theyre fighting for their own lives and their own future and theyre fearful. There are many sunni military aged males to date that have not taken sides in this fight. Its just a matter of time if this polarization continues and we let this drag on that isis will gain more and more recruits from the iraqi population base. The iraqi fight with isis is not dominating by foreign fighters. This is a home grown fight and we have to keep that in mind. Isis, as fred mentioned maintains operational freedom in most of the sunni arab provinces and they remain stronger because importantly relatively their opposition is very w