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I know american and kurdish forces were fighting to contain isis. the kurds have been given if not all, most of the credit for containing and basically all but doing away with the caliphate there in syria. what happens when the turkish settlements arise? >> so, heres where it gets more interesting. more disturbing. isis is not a black and white thing. there are the isis members who are in the camps. these were ones who were caught on the battlefield at the end of the campaign. there are also man...

As a result of this action in syria. >> absolutely. in the final weeks of the territorial caliphate we saw tens of thousands of people emerging from isis last village. in one camp, roughly 70,000 people, vast majority of them being women and children of isis members, and the prisons have filled up with men, including many foreigners that fought for the group. so one of the big concerns right now is that as the kurds are rushing to the border to try to reinforce their front line against the turks...

The faith of the kurds. who loses and this? >> isis itself. within the chaos, within the conflict here, they look for opportunities to resurge. one of the concerns we should have is this is opportunity for isis, and the assad regime, backed by russia win in this particular situation. they can take advantage of this as well, put additional pressure on the kurds in the northeast and look to achieve their objectives. none of this feeds back to the original objectives we had here which is defeating ...

Fighters. now that was far-fetched frankly back then and more far-fetched when he suggested it again today. they are held by syrian kurds who would be under attack by turkey so somehow amid that pitch battle this hand-over of 2,000 or more of the most dangerous possible people on the planet would occur. that is one problem. certainly. the second is isis was created in a vacuum. that is how they came to be in the horrors of syria civil war representing disenfranchised sunnis who needed someone to...

Goes away. we know there is a significant isis presence still in the country. even the caliphate has fallen. there are many cells. we just saw in the last 24 hours there were three suicide attacks by isis on its former capital of raqqah against sdf positions. theres a real potential for an unraveling of the security situation. >> let me ask you quickly, if that happens and the u.s. needs to go back in and keep isis at bay, could they expect to rely on kurdish prebs s toish partn lead on that? >>...

With earlier juan as turkey is attacking the syrian democratic forces who helped defeat isis caliphate i think we should also katsa sanctions for turkeys are consistent as 400 at the same at this moment as well i think and a strong approach ness or turkeys prating a huge and disciplined nanterre and disaster in syria and the poor syrian people have already endured so much and you know youre talking their bread about a member of nato but turkey is not at the moment is not acting like what we woul...

President trump has made a major mistake to change it so ive properly. i hope however he will at least keep the remainder of the forces where they are even if we are not allowing these this limited operation by turkey in the very north of the country. >> theres been a lot of discussion about how allies would receive this move on part of the united states and i like to hear your thoughts on that. >> i agree with the criticism, this is a group of kurdish fighters that helped us defeat isis. theres...

Meantime, america also held a turkey at bay. however lindsey graham, the center for turf from south carolina said it, pray for our kurdish allies that have been shamelessly abandoned by the trump administration. >> we have to recognize that the kurds played a critical role along with their very small special operations forces can do. i think the small troop commitment we had there was leveraged for a possible diplomatic solution. but we didnt get to that point unfortunately and the kurds will su...

Told nbc that they are announcing this turkish incursion as the priority, no longer fighting isis. so, thats dangerous. that means that that could leave a space for isis to regroup and start their own insurgency once again to repopulate that caliphate that ended only just a couple months ago, and thats going to be a big problem, not only for syrians, but for people here in iraq, for europeans, for everyone throughout the entire region. stephanie? >> courtney, anything to add? >> yeah, so, im hea...

This refugee and displaced people. it has been a massive burden throughout the country in the region and up ended politics in u.s. and the west. we could expect to see more of that as this what is expected to be a humanitarian catastrophe expense. >> matt, the kurdish force is trying to push back isis were very effective fighting force. but that was against isis. this is against a nato member, turkey with remarkable and ka sophisticated fighting power. how do they respond to these attacks? >> we...