if that can be re-established, then the prospects are good for raq. if it cannot be, but for the country at large, then you will see fields that will once again be fertile for the planting of the seeds of extremism and the rise of isis 3.0. and obviously a lot of people are working very, very hard, not just those in uniform. in fact, even more so those in state department and elsewhere to try to help our iraqi partners as the prime minister who by the way stood in the way of retaliatory action, as i understand it, ambassador, when others sought to use this to drive a wedge between the united states and iraq. again, he knows inclusive politics are required. he knows the surge was to bring the fabric of society back together, to bring the sunnis back into that fabric, the sunni arabs, and it was sustained for a good 3 1/2 years after the end of the surge and it was until it was undone by highly sectarian actions targeting sunni arab leaders that gave us -- -- but drift into syria, gained all kind of additional power and resources and sweep back in as an

turkish troops are in syria to defeat daesh, and we had to bang two bases inave .raq thank you very much for giving this clarification. ladies and gentlemen, we are not living in an easy world today. in america, and europe, and other parts of the world, we have 70 challenges that society is worried, but in our region, as i think we have all agreed is the most difficult one. today, the middle east faces a mountain of security challenges. these include civil war's, sectarianism. the palestinian-israel problem is one of them. the best solution is the two-state solution. the two state solution is so the 50 year end occupation of the palestinian territories, which is a major problem for peace and security of the whole region, not only in israel and palestine. so we should focus on the two state solution, and by virtue of each and every new israel , it diminishes the call for a viable political solution. it was the original status of jerusalem -- it is important for the entire islamic world. israel should recognize the and step into a new harmony with its neighbors. it is good that now we are