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With them. we never agreed to protect the kurds for the rest of their lives. they hated isis. >> they were fighting isis. >> but we never agreed, where is the agreement that we have to stay in the middle east for the rest of humanity for the rest of civilization? >> contrary to being the presidents plan, several hundred troops may stay behind now. not to fight against the kurds, their mission will be to protect oil feeds in eastern syria, at least on paper, we should point out. with me now is ro...

Bipartisan opposition. robin, thank you for coming into the studio to talk to us, i wanted to talk big picture. this piece, if you wanted to understand whats going on, its a phenomenal piece to read, but first i want to ask you what you think of those images of kurdish civilian s pelting this u.s. convoy. >> its striking most of all because the relationship in this third of syria was phenomenal. they got along very well, it was one of the most successful military conditions in decades. they mana...

In the world? >> i think this leads a lot of countries, including very close allies to say what about the commitments, whether its the iran nuclear deal where the world with five other major powers made a commitment and walked away from it, where does the american promise mean any more. can it vary from one president to the next and it may vary with the next president. the credibility of the united states long term is now a doubt. >> robin wright, thank you so much. really appreciate your unders...

To the kurds to help fight isis that we ended up there. the turks have been playing president trump for months trying to get the u.s. to use its influence to pull back the syrian kurds from the border and they did that. in august, the kurds pulled back several miles from the border, pull back their troops, destroy their positions and all that while, turkey was building up forces and war materiel on the border because it intended to invade. this is where the deal is in many ways duplicitous. its ...

Negotiated between turkey and the u.s. regarding syria. but a senior turkish official says they got everything day wanted out of the deal with vice president pence. so lets discuss now, robin wrights here, a contributing writer for "the new yorker." robin, i appreciate you joining us on this very important evening, news evening here. trumps out there calling this an incredible outcome, a deal no other president could get. while people who understand this issue and know this region are in utter d...

They did that. in august, the kurds pulled back several miles from the border, pull back their troops, destroy their positions and all that while, turkey was building up forces and war materiel on the border because it intended to invade. this is where the deal is in many ways duplicitous. its only for five days. it calls for the kurds to pull back basically 20 miles all across the border. >> let me get this question in so the viewers can understand. trump and pence are call this a cease-fire. a...

Go on, please. >> the turks say this is a pause for five days and the syrian kurds claim that this is a partial withdrawal from a small part of the area in conflict. the two sides have different interpretations of what this means. of course, it only lasts for five days until president erdogan goes to meet president putin in sochi, russia, so theres a lot of skepticism of how president erdogan, how hes gaming this, what he intends to get out of this, how long hes committed to it and what he expec...

>> the president of the united states toeing the turkish line here and saying "cleaned out." what does that mean, "cleaned out"? >> well, i think it was astonishing that he talked about the turks not having to kill -- >> kill anybody. people having to kill them. go on. >> which is genocide, ethnic cleansing, any way you look at it. and, you know, the president really current understand whats happening on that border. there have been tensions in the past between, because the syrian turks have sup...

Great day for civilization in the wake of the cease-fire negotiated between turkey and the u.s. regarding syria. but a senior turkish official says they got everything day wanted out of the deal with vice president pence. so lets discuss now, robin wrights here, a contributing writer for "the new yorker." robin, i appreciate you joining us on this very important evening, news evening here. trumps out there calling this an incredible outcome, a deal no other president could get. while people who ...

The two sides have different interpretations of what this means. of course, it only lasts for five days until president erdogan goes to meetrussia, so theres a lot of skepticism of how president erdogan, how hes gaming this, what he intends to get out of this, how long hes committed to it and what he expects the united states to pull off. >> robin, i want you to listen to what the president said today then well talk. >> so you have a 22-mile strip that for many, many years turkey in all fairness...