different countries with the pledge of allegiance of boko haram to isis that could establish a caliphate now in northern africa. we know they re all spread throughout northern africa. so i think the idea that he is talking about a united arab nations, makes a lot of sense to galvanize a sunni-arab support against isis in the region. but i think that has to be done under american leadership. i think that s what s lacking right now is the american leadership piece to this. bill: let me talk about the plan and leadership in a moment. but you mentioned the map here, okay? this is where boko haram basically operates in the western part of africa. you have affiliations between isis and boko haram that stretch all the way out to the philippines and indonesia. some congressman say, don t exaggerate this relationship. how do we understand or interpret what is happening now between the two? well they would say this in terms of connection between boko haram and directed attack on the united sta