for its troops on the ground from united states air power. that inevitably on a tactical level will mean the deployment, albeit covertly, of american special forces to call that power in. they could ultimately find themselves working alongside not only shia militia, but shia militia augmented by the guard sent in by tray reheran. that s going to be very difficult for the obama administration to control in terms of the republican and democrat response to a long standing third party. but nonetheless, i think the tactical threat of air strikes coming from the united states could at this stage start to drive back the sunni insurgency. the important thing is and this is a critical matter for the central government, there isn t a lot of time for them. their calculation is that they need to be able to start pushing back this insurgency, pushing