and, general, i m sitting here watching you listen to that, somebody who spent so much time and effort trying to change things. you left thinking that things were much better. this is tragic, watching what is unfolding right now. we can get it back. we can take this back. we can help the iraqis stiffen their defense of bagdad. we can establish fortress bagdad from which we can sallyport and retake the train that we ve lost to this group, this isis group. they re not huge. the iraqi army outnumbers them, outguns them and can outlead them. what we need to do is stiffen the spine of the iraqi military. and we do that by putting senior advisers on the ground to help the iraqis to link into the intelligence systems that we can provide them, logistics systems we can provide them and, yes, the air power that we can
we can take this back. we can help the iraqis stiffen their defense of bagdad. we can establish fortress bagdad from which we can sally port and retake the train that we ve lost to this group, this isis group. they re not huge. the iraqi army outnumbers them, outguns them and can outlead them. what we need to do is stiff fin the spine of the iraqi military. we do that by putting senior advisers on the ground to help the iraqis, to link into the intelligence systems that we can provide them, logistics systems we can provide them and, yes, the air power we can provide if we can get action intelligence. thanks so much, general eaton. that sounds like an awful lot to do in a very short period of time. we have allies. we have a natural ally in iran. we have a natural ally in the