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Time until thats absolutely going to happen and its not all contingent upon all of the thousands of isis numbers getting out of the detention facilities there, look. isis is an ideology. we have yet to counter the ideology and until we do that, isis is always going to be a threat. there are still thousands of isis in the world and in fact they are probably in 34 to 35 countries are now so dont think that isis is gone. he destroyed the caliphate. donald trump, under his leadership, destroy the ca...

The turks have wanted to do this for a long time. i disagree with the senator, we did not give them anything. they were going to do this at some point. in some ways we are a victim of our own success, because we did such a good job of taking down the caliphate that all of the parties in the region have gone back to squabbling over the syrian civil war like they did before he intervened. with the cease-fire, what it it accomplishes that a mitigated human suffering, even in an imperfect cease-fire...

It has jeopardized gains against isis adding that turkey is heading in the wrong direction and getting closer to russia. there is a decided difference on the ground from the last time i was here. back then the caliphate had fallen and people were optimistic and they thought it would become a bass shonn of freedom. a lot of people are leaving. were keeping a close eye on the cease-fire violations if theyre just eye lateed or if they escalate. today its tense up here in northern syria. >> sandra: ...

And blamed him for the crisis that destroyed their homes, nations, and sent them fleeing. >> former ener eer new jersey s what is your take on all of this. >> donald trump took his finger out of the dike and now a series of events are going to unfold of consequences going on for many years. first the russians are now permanently going to go to the middle east. that is consequences for israel and american policy throughout the region. the second is the iranian position, having defeating the calip...

Say you have, i dont know, willingly ended the success on isis. you heard what general petraeus just said. its not really a new phase. the metrics are not about territory, are they? they are about resurgence, regrouping, the ability to do so. even before this withdrawal of u.s. forces, many in your military and elsewhere were watching a resurgence and watching cells come together. >> i wouldnt classify it as a resurgent. keep in mind why we partnered with the sdf originally. it was to defeat isi...

Withdrawing you have allowed to be victims and targets of the turkish offensive which is precisely designed to get them out of the way of the area that youve been stabilizing. >> still in control of the prisons. the turks have told us theyve taken control of the prisons under which they have now responsibility. and our mission in that area was to train, advise, and assist. we werent guarding prisons in that part of the world. >> its not just about prisons. its about fighting. and the kurds were ...

Historically theyve fought for a long time and now were going to get out. thats not even what the situation, what the effort was about. >> what was it about? remind us. >> well, we had isis take raqqah and turn syria into essentially the new caliphate, which was significant. and the fight had to go into syria, and we engaged the kurdish to help us, because theyd been helping and fighting with us since 2003 when they helped us take northern iraq. the operation that i helped oversee. and -- >> thi...

>> i think thats something that people across the united states can agree, both republicans and democrats. in the pentagon what it raises is, whats the plan for somalia where they president has u.s. troops, whats the plan for yemen? if you keep the peace in syria, it was a vital national security interest to destroy the caliphate and keep those isis fighters in prison. the question is, the sudden move to pull back in syria has created a destabilizing effect. but how does the presidents statement...

As an ideology. they were never going to be able to keep their caliphate. that was always guaranteed because they dont have the ability but we always knew they were going to go underground after that and thats exactly whats happening here. the idea that they are going to rise geographically is absolutely crazy because the russians, the syrians, the iranians, the turks, all kinds of people in the area still want to kill them and theyre not going to rise again. i dont believe so. >> harris: gentle...

President announcing that u.s. i think tactically, what is the soldiers are going to withdraw. big question marks around plan for these islamic state whether there will be a small group of forces that stays there fighters, how sure are we that this isnt going to flash into a to help police the area. so the big question is will warfare contingency going back president trump fill in any of to europe and ultimately to the these blanks? united states. third, craig, i want to hear again, it comes wit...