training, and better air support. i think we re on the vernal of seeing the syrian portion turn around. part of the few soifs the aat the time by tradition, using these forces to retake the town of sip jar. why is that so important? if you look at the map, this area from mosul over to raqqah are pretty much on the same line. that area is how the isis has been moving back and forth. and that s how they came into iraq in the beginning when they were able to take mosul. if we re able to interrupt that supply line, retake sinjar, and then move further to the west, you know, i think we ve got a chance of stopping isis from gaining any more territory. okay. so the u.s.-led coalition has also been increasing the air strikes in the last couple of days. so how effective are these air strikes in providing support for the ground forces? and we know, because we talked yesterday about how the air strikes and the new round of