general,ic moo ii nikle flynn. thanks for being here. appreciate it today. the pentagon announcing u.s. will be deploying more special operations forces to syria and an expeditionary force to iraq that will conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence, capture isil leaders. will that be enough to disman e dismantle, defeat, destroy isis? i think the first thing that we all have to sort of take a step back and really understand what is the long term, strategy ex-objective that the president s trying to achieve, and i completely endorse what this step is because i know, to a degree, what it is that they re talking about doing. and i think that this is action on the battlefield that will be necessary, but i think there has to be a longer-term strategic campaign plan that has to be