one of the things, i could've walked up to prime minister melekian said that you do this and this youre going to have a problem and he did every single one of them. which was absolutely amazing that is what i think with what's going to happen here. one thing you'll notice and ken pollack from brookings has talked about this a lot. they haven't taken over any shia areas. they can't. they are not strong enough to do that. like mosul, two-thirds of mosul is shia. the only areas that have taken over were the areas they were sympathetic to because they hated the central government because they accuse them of being shia and iranian. they preyed on television and got some equipment. that doesn't mean they know how to use it. they waved the flags around and cut peoples heads off and the tide is turning i think. i suspect this is going to go back with a national unity government i think it's going to go back to being what it was before this started a year or year and a half ago. >> how are you guys able to win the trust of the city of fallujah during that time? >> part of it was the discussion

one of the things, i could've walked up to prime minister melekian said that you do this and this you are going to have a problem and he did every single one of them. which was absolutely amazing that is what i think with what's going to happen here. one thing you'll notice and ken pollack from brookings has talked about this a lot. they haven't taken over any shia areas. they can't. they are not strong enough to do that. like mosul, two-thirds of mosul is shia. the only areas that have taken over were the areas they were sympathetic to because they hated the central government because they accuse them of being shia and iranian. they preyed on television and got some equipment. that doesn't mean they know how to use it. they waved the flags around and cut peoples heads off and the tide is turning i think. i suspect this is going to go back with a national unity government i think it's going to go back to being what it was before this started a year or year and a half ago. >> how are you guys able to win the trust of the city of fallujah during that time? >> part of it was the discussi