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The kurds in the lurch is going to be that if im an estonian and im worried about russians or im a south korean and im worried about the north koreans or im an afghani and im worried about a sudden pullout from afghanistan, we have devalued the currency of our word by what weve done. our troops are not mercenaries. they are there for american security first and foremost. and we have reduced american security with the policies weve seen over the last several days. >> admiral james, admiral, thank...

>> richard engel in northern syria. richard thank you very much. with me now is admiral james devritas. now, nbc chief international security and diplomacy expert. admiral, its great to have you. i just want to ask you whats the motivation here? the president pulled troops out of the northern syria border because he said he wants to bring them home. nbc news reporters and producers saw troops crossing over the border into iraq to fight isis there. why move them from northern syria to iraq? it lo...

Safely after this. i want to bring in admiral james devritas, supreme allied commander at nato, among other titles and other travels in his three decades. admiral, first of all, your reaction to the action tonight as you understand the components of it. >> i think it is a proportion al response, brian, and i think it kind of ups the game from the tomahawk strikes of a year ago, which really were just a signal. i think this does go after actual capability that we see on the ground. were going aft...