army four star general barry mccaffrey who in addition to his four overseas combat tours, two distinguished service crosses and three purple hearts commanded the 249 infantry and stepped deep into iraq during desert storm. these are from washington. general, are you content in the u.s. role in this offensive? and that is some artillery and some intelligence. >> relentless and year long campaign. the only good news here by the way in my view is that in the past year or so, isis has failed to govern these call fat areas and the u.s. air force and naval air power has hammered them without siege day and night. a bunch of them have gone home. which is bad news for europe. the good news for the iraqi army. you know, we'll see how this plays out. million some odd civil yab noncombat tants struck in an urban area, 25,000 iraqi troops. several thousand isis fighters, thankfully we've got army apatchy attack helicopters and artillery there for precision stripes. but this is going to be a mess and the aftermath of it could be a humanitarian disaster if the international community doesn't act decisivel