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This in the past, but i mean, the problem with the whole syrian situation is the complexity of it exceeds the presidents interest or even capacity to understand it, so hes very much buffeted by the last person he talked to, in this case, it was president erdogan. and of course, the president looks at everything through the lens of his base and his campaign promises, so hes thinking to himself, well, if the turks come in, thats okay, well just kind of move out and not worry about commitments that...

Operation is a bad idea. we expect turkey to abide by all of its commitments and we continue to monitor the situation closely. this tragedy unfolding comes under scrutiny a new nbc exclusive reporting. quote, trump and his family have long had business ties in and with turkey. the most visible example being the trump tower in istanbul which licenses the trump name. erdogan attended the opening ceremony in 2012. and ivanka trump tweeted a message thanking him for attending. we are now pleased to ...

Plane overnight, leaving the pentagon and the west wing scrambling. a mere impossibility. what is going on here? >> im reading all these media reports about the nature of the phone calls of foreign leaders that i think "the washington post" did a piece on this, about how horrified white house staffers were. and, you know, i was recalling when i was in the obama administration and every few weeks id get a batch of memos of record of phone conversations that president obama was having with foreign...

Leaving the pentagon scrambling. sgla >> reading all these media reports about the nature of the phone calls from foreign leaders, i think the post did a piece on this, how horrified white house staffers were. and recalling when i was inb the obama administration and every few weeks wed get a batch of mem oos of phone conversations that president obama was having with foreign leaders and they were characteristically boring because they were prescripted, prestaffed and pretty benign. and of cours...

Committees on the hill saying that there were legal questions about what they were asking from the state department and not making any commitment. so similar to the letter from the white house, there is no hard and fast commitments but they are muddying the waters and introducing a number of questions that then folks who are watching from home are saying what going on here? what is legally possible? what is not. but at the same time they are preventing folks from the state department from speaki...

Conspiracy theory about 2016 and investigate the bidens. were looking at whether or not ukraine was given reason to believe that military assistance was needed to fight up the russians and if it was being withheld until they made commitments, and were looking into the question of whether or not there is an effort by the president, the secretary of state, and others to cover up this misconduct. ambassador sondland is an important witness on each of these subjects but he is not the only important ...

And i would imagine it may have strong bipartisan support. i dont know if theyll pursue it to the point theyll overcome a pezdential veto if the president decides to stick to this policy position, but who can really say what hell do. but i agree with congressman that damage is being done here every time we fail to live up to our commitments our strengthen globally depends on our relationships and i think the damage is being done here, and i think were looking at years of work to repair not only ...

Preparing for over time and here you are again. heres hoping it doesnt get as hot as we all are expecting. richard, thank you very much. with we now is michael mcfaul, the our international ail fairs analyst. and mike, the president, one of the things that i feel like gets lost here sometimes is, i want to read you a quote from mitch mcconnell, who is particularly, you know, obviously, upset about this. he said, a precipitous withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria would only benefit russia, iran...

Larger piece. the desire to get the united states forces out of the afghanistan. again, consequences be damned, given what the taliban could do. and so the consequences of this are not simply good for iran, good far russia and syria. it sends the message worldwide, it reinforces the message that the united states is no longer reliable. we are no longer predictable. we can no longer be counted on. so if youre an ally of the united states, this sentds the message essentially you are on your own. n...

Either. i want to read you a tweet for the spokesperson for the democratic forces. he tweets this. we are not expecting the u.s. to protect northern syria. but people here are owed on explanation regarding security, destruction of fortifications, and failure of u.s. to fulfill their commitments. what does this mean going forward for our allies, the kurds, and their plight? >> it puts them in great jeopardy. theyre going to be defenseless now. the turks want to carve into northern syria and contr...