local populations against isis? the question is the challenge, how do you reconstruct the areas after you defeat isis militarily in mosul, in raqqah in medellin, in other cities? so while you and i and all of us and even the president of the united states is focusing on defeating isis militarily, we have not really thought a great deal about the morning after, about the social and economic and political reconstruction. and i fear that if president trump keeps doing what he s doing in iraq and syria, i think i could easily see a situation whereby the so-called isis or the islamic state really tries to regroup in the next one or two or three years from now. well, that s a terrible thought but we want to continue our discussion with you and talk about how do you defeat the ideology? what does this mean for the bigger picture of the syrian conflict in the next hour. so we ll see you then. thank you, fawaz. coming up here a look at the history between the u.s. and