enormous sacrifice and bravery of iraqi forces over the past 18 months in ramadi and elsewhere. joining me, colonel peter man peter manseur. thank you so much for your service. thanks brooke. we know iraqi forces are preparing to battle right around the perimeter of the city of ramadi. if you have the defense secretary saying these, you know fighters didn t have the will last week what would make today any different? do you really believe iraqi soldiers have what it takes to regain control of this city? i think if the secretary of defense reconsiders his comments what he really meant is they weren t well led. if you have well-led formations that are well trained, then they ll have the will to fight. this is a problem with the iraqi army. a lot of the combat commanders were dismissed by al maliki the