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Countering assad and syria, somewhat going on it on its own launching forces across the border as they have done fighting against not only the terrorists that were fighting assad but also the kurdish freedom fighters and doing all of this while not coordinating much with the kpuns that they have often been considered allied with. all of nato and all of the u.s. so this is going to become more complex as the days go on. i tell you you have got to get a score card to figure out who the players are...

Administration -- >> well, the deal -- >> youre going to be -- >> its hard to say were ripping up. the problem is by the time i got in there, they will have already received the $150 billion. do you know if the deal gets rejected, they still get the money? >> you think the middle east would be better today if gadhafi, saddam, and assad were sort of -- if saddam and gadhafi were still there and assad were stronger? you think the middle east would be safer? >> its not even a contest. iraq is a dis...

The hell out of isis. and its going to be isis. putin has to get rid of isis. putin doesnt want isis coming into russia. >> why do you trust him? and nobody else does? >> i dont trust him at all other than we got good ratings the other night on "60 minutes." it was with me and putin. can you believe this? did i get the ratings, or did he? the truth is -- its not a question of trust. i dont want to see the united states -- weve spent now, weve spent $2 trillion in iraq, probably $1 trillion in af...

He? the truth is -- its not a question of trust. i dont want to see the united states -- weve spent now, weve spent $2 trillion in iraq, probably $1 trillion in afghanistan. were in -- were destroying our country. heres the problem to what youre saying in syria -- we are fighting assad, and were fighting for people and helping people that we dont even know who they are. and they may be worse than assad. they may be worse. and if assad never happened, if you didnt have a problem in syria, you wou...

Bob gates and condoleezza rice have said positive things. they are paid consultants. when a guy like jeb bush supports tillerson, some people are saying, wait. lets hold on. maybe hes a strategic guy. things arent working at this moment. you have 100 children buried under rubble in syria, in aleppo and assad is backed by russia. maybe some people could say -- >> oh, yeah, there will be more kids buried under rubble in aleppo because tillerson is a part of this global view, trump administration. ...

That we are both directly and indirectly supporting these groups who are allied with or partnered with al qaeda and isis, and working to over throw the syrian government of assad and we have also provided the support through countries like saudi arabia, turkey and qatar to do that. >> quickly before you go, i know that some of your colleagues, democrats, have expressed concern about too many retired generals being in the trump cabinet. you have the national security adviser general flynn and hes...

Protect us. and so they walk on. weak and traumatized, moving into an uncertain future. certainly a devastating state that many of these people were in that we saw come out of those areas. you know, at the same time many people here asking whether or not there could be some sort of negotiated ceasefire, humanitarian ceasefire for east aleppo. judging by the pace of operations by the syrian military, it looks as they theyre trying to force a military solution, jake. >> thank you very much. what...

Money, weapons or support to a group like al qaeda or isis, wed be thrown in jail. however, the u.s. government has provided money, weapons, intel, assistance and other types of support through the cia directly to these groups that are working with and affiliated with al qaeda and isis. >> you are saying the cia is giving money to groups in syria and those groups are working with al neusra and isis. >> there have been numerous reports from news outlets who have declared the rebel groups formed b...

Hillary clinton. because whats happened is by fighting assad, who turned out to be a lot tougher than she thought -- now shes going to say he loves assad. hes much tougher and much smarter than her and obama. everyone thought he was going two years ago, three years ago. he aligned with russia. he now also aligned with iran, who we made very powerful. we gave them $150 billion back. we gave them 1.7 in cash. i mean, cash, bundles of cash as big as this stage. we gave them $1.7 billion. now they h...

And you also said that syria and russia are busy fighting isis. in fact, they have been the ones who have been bombing and shelling eastern aleppo, and they just announced a humanitarian pause in effect admitting they have been bombing and shelling in aleppo. would you like to clear that up, sir? >> aleppo is a disaster. its a humanitarian nightmare. but it has fallen, from any standpoint. what do you need arc signed document? take a look at aleppo. it is so sad when you see whats happened. a lo...