army, as we have seen. they have not been terribly motivated often where as the shia militia they appear to be much more motivated. and, of course, shia militia, at least from my perspective, is code for iran. so that means iran s influence at least is they have a bigger footprint at least tonight or they are trying to establish a bigger footprint in iraq. is that a fair description? that s exactly right. many of these shia militia are, indeed, backed by iran. they have iranian advisors with them there at the moment on the ground. and many believe that s where their orders are coming from. is there any doubt that isis is expanding and showing greater strength in iraq? well, i mean, there is a debate over whether or not this is a tactical victory or strategic victory. meaning, you know, some bigger program. at the moment it certainly looks like they are on the offensive. cam bell, thank you very