think this is the year we re going to see iraq and the kurds with the u.s. help mount an offensive to retake the major cities, including mosul. i think they will they are planning one for the spring. the big question about iraq can you defeat isis with a failed state next door syria. otherwise the disorder might continue to spill over and we haven t seen a strategy for dealing with the assad regime. that s right. thanks. much more to come as we look at the stories to watch in 2015. will this be a breakout year for the u.s. economy? or do new threats loom? [ narrator ] mama sherman and the legion of super fans. wow! [ narrator ] on a mission to get richard to his campbell s chunky soup. it s new chunky beer-n-cheese with beef and bacon soup. i love it. and mama loves you.
is this going to be the year of the counter attack when we begin to move back on the offensive against islamic state? well, we re starting to see progress. if you think just six months ago you had islamic state coming down from syria, taking mosul almost launching assault on baghdad, potentially attacks on saudi arabia and jordan, now we re starting to see progress. this month i sat down with general john allen who s a marine general who has come out of retirement to lead a global coalition against islamic state. he s built about 60 members into this that are fighting back. and so we re starting to see the emergence of a strategy only six months ago again the president said, we don t know what we re doing. now i think there s more of a coherent answer. and dan, what do you think? is this going to be something that i have a lot of faith in general allen but it really