forces. not a lot of questioning going on there, eric. eric: quite a difference. in the spring, security forces, iraqi military cut and ran. this is certainly different. kevin, with this development and there is ongoing debate about president s strategy against isis do you think this will change the minds of some critics that perhaps some of president s strategy is working? reporter: no i don t think so, at all. it may actually heat up the argument because there will be people as you know, listen we could have gotten this done faster with more u.s. support. others will say, this is proof if you let iraqi as lead the fight with right amount of u.s. support they can get it done themselves. listen to what analysts tell us. i think we can do this with boots and special operations on forefront and coalitions on the ground like iraqis, saudis jordanians and egyptians. to do the boots on the ground force.