houses in a stand off in both the iraqi and syrian battle fields and many people will tell you the way iraq and syria end up going is going to be the way the region goes. this is a region redefining itself to a degree and many fear the worst is yet to come. >> jim, there is more u.s. assets headed to the region. you know, for someone skeptical about this, it could be argued that this looks like mission creep. it seems like every day there is more and more numbers being added. >> it does. this additional ship, the uss baton, 1,000 marines on board and seven other ships there, two functions one in position for a possible evacuation of the hundreds of u.s. embassy staff that are in baghdad at this point and elsewhere in the country, two, support of those advisors on the ground, if they, you know, force protection again like those armed drones, it does give capability but i have to tell you, having traveled with secretary kerry this week in iraq, my strong impression is