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Own bases while civilian troops were fleeing and that was the and carved up that strip of earth. reality when secretary mike pence and mike pompeo arrived in turkey to meet with erdogan today with a deal quote-unquote that gives turkey everything they want. president trump said turkey has been trying to get the deal for years and in a way hes right. for years erdogan has wanted to ethnically cleanse north eastern syria of kurds. thats what he wanted and that was the ultimate point of this. the d...

He was arrogant about it because this happens all the time. >> get over it. >> yeah, get over it, this happens -- no, it actually -- mick, hey, mick, it never happens. >> thats bad. >> its a bad sign when youre actually -- were backing into everything. its been a very long week. even just yesterday -- >> have we backed into the yankees game yet? >> good morning and welcome to "morning joe." its friday. >> all those -- all those players, richard haass, that you guys had on base, i was so hoping y...

Own national security structure? i dont know. i think it deserves a careful analysis by congress. this appears to be essentially a rogue presidency. >> a rogue presidency. rev, how do you combat a president who is unapologetic about saying things that are demonstrably false again and again? this may be the most clear example yet. >> the only way is to remove him. and i think that that may end up happening. when you look at the bases of this whole fight, you are talking about ethnic cleansing. yo...

Pouring over the syrian border when isis had the califate and planning major attacks in europe and against the united states of america. so isis right now given where this is going is going to reconstitute its networks. it wont be the scope we saw in 2013-2014 butalready happening. and our ability to keep that from happening is unraveling because the force we built of 60,000 syrians and its not just kurds, its arabs, christians, many others. 60,000 is now basically fracturing apart as they come ...

Strongman president erdogan a green light to invade northern syria over a week ago. and then toiped to bolster the case his personal attorney rudy giuliani has been working on behalf of turkish interests the president followed up that decision with wildly contradictory often racist pronouncements about the situation in eastern syria. that as the u.s. was forced to evacuate its troops and bomb its own bases while civilian troops were fleeing and that was the reality when secretary mike pence and ...

That includes all the kurdish areas of syria. all the christian majority areas of syria. u.s. officials claim that what was agreed to is much narrower in scope. i would tend to listen to the turks here because -- >> can you believe youre saying that? can you believe you have to say it that way? listen to the turks, not to our american officials. >> the truth of the matter is when president trump announced to the world last december that we were leaving syria and he arbitrarily cut our force repo...

Try to undo a calamity. perhaps make right a decision from the president thats had deadly consequences. they will meet with the turkish president hoping to sway him to a cease-fire in syria. an invasion turkey only began once president trump announced he would pull u.s. troops from the border. in the oval office, the president tried to wash his hands of this conflict. >> they have a problem with turkey. they have a problem at the border. its not our border. were not a police force. two countries...

Influence over this entire situation. u.s. troops still very much leaving syria. no indication theyre going back to their bases, and the president, bottom line, talked about still doing something to protect isis fighters from gets owl. still willing to fight isis. thats probably the key u.s. national security issue in all of this. to make sure isis does not come back. there are no solid measures that have been spelled out yet about how isis would still remain under control. brooke? >> of course....

They were a key partner in that. his foreign policy, i would add to carries excellent rundown there, is also without regard for consequences. thats not how any president or any national security experts ever conduct foreign policy. in addition to russia. we know that because rt is bizarrely inside some of these bases. but also iran now has an opening to play a bigger role here. one of the questions that came up reportedly in this meeting from senator schumer and others is what is your plan for c...

There, is also without regard for consequences. thats not how any president or any national security experts ever conduct foreign policy. in addition to russia. we know that because rt is bizarrely inside some of these bases but iran has an opening to play a bigger role here. one of the questions that came up reportedly in this meeting from senator schumer and others is what is your plan for containing isis? there are thousands of isis fighters that have been held by the kurds. whats going to ha...