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Protection of the american troops. that semi independent bubble, kurdish bubble las made turkey very uncomfortable, and turkey has said time and time again that it wants to go in and either clear out the whole thing or just create a small -- not that small -- safe zone along the northern part of that kurdish enclave. thats what turkey is talking about doing right now. crossing the border and creating a turkish-controlled enclave, a buffer zone in what is now kurdish territory. theyre also talkin...

20 mile thick barrier or zone along the border and not only to establish that zone under its control, but also then at a later stage, to move some of the syrian refugees who have been living in this country for the last several year, from the syrian civil war, into that safe zone. thatits that combination of factors. the fact turkey wants to establish this. the fact its whipping up this sentiment, that it is imperative and turkey wants to move essentially 2 million refugees into this 20 mile wid...

It started out, supposed to be according to reporting from washington as a friendly call. erdogan was upset he didnt get a meeting at the unga, so he called him. then the conversation took a turn. and president erdogan was pushing this agenda, an agenda he has been pushing a long time. everyone wants to set up what he calls a safe zone, a buffer zone, about 20 miles deep, 250 miles long inside syria. turkey says it is important for the countrys national sovereignty, important for national securi...

This, i know you like economic factors, ill throw this out there. in the buffer zone that turkey wants to create on top of all of the kurdish land in syria that theyre running autonomously, in the buffer zone turkey has a plan, a plan that erdogan talked about, presented this at the u.n. general assembly, talked about it numerous times. turkey wants to send 2 million refugees to live there. turkey wants to build the housing for all of those people. the people that would be sent there are nonkurd...

So, this country definitely feels like its talking about an offensive. theres a lot of talk about this safe zone that turkey wants to create. a safe zone, a buffer zone, inside syria. and people here are now watching to see if, but more likely when this will take play. we dont know if its going to take place, but thats certainly what it feels like when you see this nationalism that is airing on the pro government channels. >> and what -- look, this is -- sometimes, what the president says about ...

Make foreign policy in the administration. >> explain what erdogans trying to do here. how much of this is just historic, ethnic battle between the turks and the kurds, and how much of this is erdogans own sort of ability to try to essentially straddle america and russia in his own relations? >> i think its mostly the former. you know, they have a long-standing tension with the pkk, as you were just discussing with richard. he wants to create this buffer zone. he said that many times. but thats ...

Buffer zone, which is in an area where the kurds live and they live under u.s. protection. so it is a massive demographic shift that could potentially happen here and a shift that the kurds worry that president trump gave his approval for in yet another controversial phone call with a world leader. >> now theres a rather controversial invitation that the president has invited the turkish president to come visit the white house next month. particularly interesting in light of your reporting with ...

Between the presidents. turkey thought that it was about to start this offensive to move into northern syria. turkey wants to create a buffer zone along its border, a buffer zone that would be inside turkish territory, a buffer zone that would sit on top of the territory that is currently held by the kurds, the u.s. allies. so the world is watching. will turkey actually move in and create this buffer zone which could cause a lot of blood shed, which the kurds say will be the start of a genocide,...

Organization. thats what turkey is trying to achieve. >> so isis is isolated, the caliphate is destroyed, but what will this do to isis? whats the concern? >> the purpose of the buffer zone is exactly to allow turkey -- has less to do with isis and more to do with turkeys relationship with the kurds and to achieve some standoff, primarily. turkey feels like it can take care of itself. what it doesnt want to have to do is be in a position to have to go after kurds and have an international body t...

Nikki haley was even more blunt significant leaving the kurds to die is a big mistake. with us now is major general sparks, he is a commander general with the navy intelligence center. he has a lot of experience in this area. i want to start with these buffer zones were seeing. what does turkey control? what do they want to grab here? >> what turkey is trying to achieve is this buffer zone along the border here with syria, primarily because they want some standoff with the kurds. as has been ind...