he tells us in one of his friends also tells us that a 12-year-old was used as a suicide bomber in iraq recently, a 10-year-old boy also had his hand amputated. so it is a really very disturbing story that might not have gotten as much coverage as the coverage that has been given to the fate of girls under isis control. richard, what can be done to combat this aside from having some sort of ground troops there or something that provides an alternative to isis because it seems that wherever they are entrenched and in power it s their rules regardless of air strikes are hitting them? the air strikes are having an impact but not weakeni ining is. in fact, isis is growing in a very fast rate, particularly in areas outside of syria and iraq. the isis branches are growing rapidly. and there s an effort under way