i'll bring in steve ganyar who served in iraq and in the state department and defense department. steve tell us what difference these 300 special forces can make if all 300 are sent and what kind of targeted air strikes are we talking about here? >> i think there's a distinction here, george. the president seemed to be very clear he was not going to have them do anything other than training. you know when president kennedy started the special force, army green berets as we know them. that's their training. putting them in there is what they're designed to do. you have to think back, she spent $20 billion over a decade and many u.s. lives were lost training to iraqi army. the first iraqi army collapsed after mosul. >> okay. steve ganyard. thanks very much. you can get all the latest on the crisis in iraq by starring this story on your abc mobile app and there will be a wrapup on "world news" with diane sawyer. i'm george stephanopoulos. >>> next, homeland security rushes to the bay bridge as a man with a gas can start as fire. >>> congress is doing something it hasn't done in two de