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Is a reference to. and, yes, congress quickly piped up, and some members of congress are genuinely outraged. but the difference this time, to be candid, is that some of them have an "r" after their names. >> isis is not defeated, my friend. the biggest lie being told by the administration, that isis is defeated. caliphates destroyed, but theres thousands of fighters over there, and, no, the caliphate would not have been destroyed without the kurds. this impulsive decision by the president has un...

Camps, youve seen the way isis is trying to recruit in fact among the prisoners now being held in al hol and other places in syria. weve seen the isis flag being raised. there is an acti ivive resurgen. >> it is much easier to kill a terrorist than it is to kill an ideology. i was there in the camps in may. there are a lot of people who just want to go home and a number of women who are both isis wives and members who deeply believe that the caliphate will rise again and are planning for that. w...

Even the threat that the president has posed, if anything does happen that he doesnt like, that hell destroy their economy, known believes that. >> right. >> so it really is a mixed-up time for all of us here in washington. what is the direction of our country right now? i will say, and give the gop credit here, they have been willing to stand up to defend who have been our great allies in this whole conflict. to defeat the caliphate of isis, these men and women sacrificed their lives. this is t...

A lot of support from the military and congress. this is not a wide scale occupation. is there a reason why this makes sense? >> it was a good model, and the international coalition that was built to fight against isis, to fight against the isis state, the caliphate was enormously successful. it is hard to find a more successful partner in modern times. and that operation has been catastrophic. it has been organized. there is tens of thousands of supporters, fighters, family members still at lar...

Different administrations, u.s. policy has been, like, no, those are our allies. until last night. out of nowhere, surprising everyone, the white house releases a statement saying, quote, turkey will be moving forward with its long-planned operation into northern syria. the u.s. armed forces will not support or be involved in the praise. the u.s. forces having defeated the caliphate will no longer be in the immediate area. in other words, have at it, turkey. well get out of the way. now, this bl...

Like theyre being abandoned. >> there is definitely reaction in the region. if you go back to what the president has said he wanted, which is to keep u.s. troops safe, this really is a by, with, and through local partner force that has done the job it set out to do. isis at one point held a territory the size of britain. if you look at who died to get rid of the caliphate, it was syrians. it was these u.s.-backed forces. every gold star family is a tragedy. but you had more than 10,000 of the u....

Increase the risk that isis and other terrorist groups regroup. senator lindsey graham, one of the strongest defenders of the president, slammed the move in a series of tweets and ensures a isis comeback and forces kurds to align with assad and iran and destroys turkeys relationship with congress and says abandoning the kurds would be a stain on americas honor. >> isis is not defeated my friend. the biggest lie being told by the administration that isis is defeated. the caliphate destroyed. but ...

Releases a statement saying, quote, turkey will be moving forward with its long-planned operation into northern syria. the u.s. armed forces will not support or be involved in the praise. the u.s. forces having defeated the caliphate will no longer be in the immediate area. in other words, have at it, turkey. well get out of the way. now, this blindsided everyone, particularly those on the ground fighting there. trump made the decision after a phone call yesterday with erdogan himself, which nbc...

Difference this time, to be candid is that some of them have an r after their names. >> isis, the biggers lie being told by the administration that isis is defeated, the caliphate destroyed. no, the caliphate would not have been destroyed. this impulsive decision by the president has undone all the gains weve made, thrown the region into further chaos. iran is licking their chops. and if im an isis fighter, ive got a second lease on life. >> and how about this from mitch mcconnell. we quote in ...

Put out a statement saying in part a precipitous withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria would only benefit russia, iran, and the assad regime and it would increase the risk that isis and other terrorist groups regroup. thats mitch mcconnell. lindsey graham, one of the presidents strongest defenders slammed the move in a series of tweets yesterday. this is lindsey graham. he warned that the decision ensures an isis comeback. it forces kurds to align assad and iran. it destroys turkeys relationship ...