states, is -- lies with the government of iraq and the leader, and that leader appears the one in charge now does not want to cooperate with the other side and so that's the hold up. >> well, the unfortunate thing prime minister ma lick can i and his operation have a track record of not cooperating with the sunnis of not necessarily acknowledging the kurds and now he finds himself in desperate straits. it's probably a stretch to say he's the leader of iraq. he is not clearly. >> i don't know if i should continue on talking about the options that u.s. have. because obviously we can put boots on the ground. obviously we can do air strikes. there are a number of things we can do, it would all for naught unless there's a change at the top, with maliki. >> if you put boots on the