walker weaker now that the united states provided this significant military campaign support. iraq two years from now, can be a place in which if isis isn t gone, it is significantly marginalized. syria is a different story. ultimately we ve got to be part of a political solution in syria whereby our adversaries like russia and iran come to the table to try plot away forward. if they are not on the table, it s hard to figure out any way to end of carnage. but iraq being stabilized helps us get to a political solution inside syria for a variety of reasons. we think about ten years ago, joe biden talked about partitioning iraq into three, sunni, shia and kurds. do you foresee any type of separation in iraq between sunnis and shia and kurdish state? i think it s necessary. i m not sure i buy the notion we should divide the country into three completely separate and