know is that after all these months, isis very well doug in has plant bombs, obstacles, roadblocks, ieds everywhere. i mean, whole entire buildings wired to blow. the iraqis are making very slow progress through all that. why is it different this time than it was back in may when the iraqis ran from the fight? the u.s. has spent months training the iraqis, even getting them ready with very specific technology and skills to make their way through these obstacles, through these fields of ieds, mines and bombs. that part of it appears to be going well. but it is just the beginning. there is still a significant number of isis fighters in the city, according to the iraqis. the iraqis believe most of them are foreign fighters that will have to be dug out and gotten out of there. and then, you know, if they can take ramadi, the big challenge, as always, remains holding onto