i was in the white house with bush when he announced the surge. ramadi was the first test. and we saul the presence there on the slides that looked like a tumor being shrunk. it is not just a symbolic victory. it means isis the al qaeda off shoot, is going in power. and iraqis are looking to iran. saying the americans are our friends on paper but in combat it is the iranians. so the ramadi is a microcosm of two kinds of influence gaining. is there reputation at risk and are they fighting internationally we ve got internally and accelerate our bombing and do more? a generation of army officers came of age telling our