in the meantime, we have got an organization, isis, that has the ability to, you know, at least, right now in western iraq, cause a lot of havoc and violence and, over time, could pose a serious threat to the united states. that doesn t mean that we reoccupy iraq. it does mean that we are going to have to do our best to work with partners in the region, including hopefully a coherent iraqi government to slowly chip away at some of the advances that they have made. reporter: would you have moved differently in syria, given this eruption in iraq and given that the chaos has spilled over now? you know, if what you re suggesting is that there was a simple solution in syria that would have avoided the civil war and chaos there, that s just not true. you know, you had a ruthless