the national security document is about clarity. and it s great. there are a lot of wins. nikki haley at the u.n.? great. katie: speaking of take the fight to the enemy. one of the most of undercover story of the year is the wins against isis in iraq. it s been under reported. but that doesn t mean the fbi isn t busy here sat home. how does the administration move forward domestically fighting jihadism at home. there is a strong focus on the reality of the situation that has been ignored for years. if we can win the ground battle overnight, it was fairly quickly under the trump foreign policy. you can t beat isis just on the ground battle. but because it was read
the national security document is about clarity. and it s great. there are a lot of wins. nikki haley at the u.n.? great. katie: speaking of take the fight to the enemy. one of the most of undercover story of the year is the wins against isis in iraq. it s been under reported. but that doesn t mean the fbi isn t busy here sat home. how does the administration move forward domestically fighting jihadism at home. there is a strong focus on the reality of the situation that has been ignored for years. if we can win the ground battle overnight, it was fairly quickly under the trump foreign policy. you can t beat isis just on the ground battle. but because it was read
is about clarity. and it s great. there are a lot of wins. nikki haley at the u.n.? great. katie: speaking of take the fight to the enemy. one of the most of undercover story of the year is the wins against isis in iraq. it s been under reported. but that doesn t mean the fbi isn t busy here sat home. how does the administration move forward domestically fighting jihadism at home. there is a strong focus on the reality of the situation that has been ignored for years. if we can win the ground battle overnight, it was fairly quickly under the trump foreign policy. you can t beat isis just on the ground battle. but because it was read
geographically, it s the biggest town, the most important one on the road from amman, jordan, down to baghdad, but more important, it s the center of a very high concentration of sunnis. almost everybody in that town, a large majority, are sunnis and so holding on to it is very, very important for isis. if they lose control, then it s an enormous, an enormous victory for the government and a big loss for isis. colonel, the ground battle against isis has been heavily supported by u.s.-led air strikes. is this really enough? yeah, it is. at least partially, because we rely so heavily on air strikes and air strikes alone can t do anything, as everybody knows. whoever s fought on the ground. so our focus in providing air cover for troops on the ground only goes is only useful, insofar as the troops on the ground are skilled and can seize
anbar. so there is some potential here, but i am very worried about sort of how this is going to look. isis has a lupine cunning when it comes to turning civilian populations against the government authorities. and as your earlier correspondent pointed out, all they have to do is inflict mass civilian casualties and fatalities and the people will say the liberation is just as bad as the conquest by the terrorist. it s a little too soon to declare victory. i m sure you re right. general hertling, the iraqi army says the process of retaking ramadi right now is especially challenging because of these huge number of ieds planted throughout the city. the iraqis also as you know they ve refused to accept american help actually on the ground in this operation. but is there any way the u.s. can actually help them? i know a lot of american families who have service members serving in iraq right now are happy that u.s. troops are not part of the ground battle in ramadi. but what else should th