general of u.s. forces in europe and a cnn military analyst. general hurtly you spent significant time in iraq and are well suited for this discussion. i want to separate, if we can for a moment the political wisdom of the defense secretary ash carter making statements about an ally s military. separate whether or not he should have said it and focus on whether or not it is an accurate statement. the iraqi military did, frankly, dissolve about a year ago when isil advanced. did they show no will to fight in ramadi? depends ow you define will john. the interesting piece. the secretary s attempting to hold up a mirror to the iraqi government and saying you re still fails. you haven t pulled it together yet. you have not pulled the forces in acoordinated fashion to fight this dastardly enemy. that s on the political side as you said a minute ago. on the tactical side there were problems on the battlefield. early indicators not coordinating well between the