Page 1138 - Leverage News Today

We received repeated assurances from them that they will be going out. that they greatly welcome the opportunity for a cease-fire to make a safe and orderly withdrawal from those areas and safe zone. where they still have a presence. and we are very confident that that is already taking place. and we will be using all of the leverage that we have of having fought alongside syrian defense forces and the battle against isis to facilitate their safe withdrawal. but we think, we think this is an out...

Community is calling on him to stop. >> erin mclaughlin live in turkey, thank you. kelly joins me now, served in the defense department as well as on the national security council in both the obama and bush administrations. so what happens here? what happens next? >> well, i think well find out. the vice president was sent pretty much on a mission impossible. i think theres no leverage whatsoever that the united states currently has. its clear to me that the cleanup crew, pretty significant clea...

Were going to be using all the leverage that we have, of having fought alongside syrian defense forces in the battle against isis to facilitate their safe withdrawal. but we think -- we think this is an outcome that will greatly serve the interests of of the kurdish population in syria, greatly serve the interest of turkey, and it will create the kind of long-term buffer zone that will ensure peace and stability in the region. >> mr. vice president, just want to follow up on that question. what ...

Russia and iran are rising in this mix. >> he says the kurds are no angels. he says i get it, let them work it out, his daughter-in-law lara trump said most americans would have to google them to know who kurds are. >> this is a common reaction. i get it, everyone gets it, on middle east fatigue. were tired of these wars. when i commanded the mission in afghanistan, 150,000 troops. were talking 2,000 troops here. we can do this, it is leverage, it is a low investmentman power a -- manpower and c...

And van holland intend to proceed with seeking a vote on the sanctions bill. i support that. i, frankly, think all this pause in operations by turkey means the trump administration is trying to muscle the kurds into completely abandoning a very significant strip of territory along the turkish border and the turks will then take possession of it. >> have we allowed the turks to gain more leverage on the united states because we have some nuclear weapons on that country? >> well, a provision of th...

Ranked on inside that country is a consequence of multiple u.s. administration failures, failures that still continue because as we will note with whats happening right now, the kurds having been betrayed by their american allies had to return to their regime in damascus and its russian backers for protection, and that significantly altered the dynamic inside syria. the u.s. is hoping to negotiate some sort of a cease-fire, but what leverage dus america actually have at this stage given that its...

>> the plate humanity was supposed to have the korean na supposed to start. certainly where his dad was born and a legitimacy thing. born on this mountain. like mount olympus only for the koreans. >> okay. youre saying because we know north koreans broke off talks with the u.s. earlier in sweden this month. the u.s. position didnt meet expectations. do you think they will ever give up their nuclear weapons? >> they dont want to, of course. but i think that the united states, if it were to use it...

Forces exit northern syria, opening it up, giving a green light to erdogan and turkey to come in and invade, and now we are getting reports that isis fighters who were being detained by the kurds are on the loose. this poses a real threat to our homeland. our first job as government is to keep our citizens safe, and we have to be able to partner with allies wherever we need to do counter terrorism and keep our homeland safe. the president of the united states on a whim gave turkey the green ligh...

Rules so any controls that will have to take place in the future will their full be either on the british side in the harbors or on the northern island side on their harbors but this needs to be nailed down legally because it is very complicated one question for instance is who controls the controller the had does the e.u. have any leverage to towards britain or against britain in case there are problems was this solution with a controlled speed the real will this be a back door into the e.u. si...

Refugees now mike pence how have to some way address turkish concerns before taking will even consider any kind of ceasefire in the of the operation. kind of leverage does my pans have does he have to get turkey to accept a cease fire. well president tom did introduce the sanctions which have been dismissed by turkey the reason why turkey dismissed them was because they were largely seen as symbolic now president of vice president pence will be saying yes these measures are symbolic but you must...