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Right. we took back 99% of their land. arent these people going to stand up and fight for themselves? can they not do anything? it doesnt work to have americans policing muslim lands. it just engenders more terrorism. >> lets look at the numbers. the u.s. has about 2,000 troops in syria, mostly special operations forces. their job, train local forces to fight isis. president trump says isis is defeated in syria, true or false? bottom line is we just dont know exactly how many isis fighters remai...

Minimize the u.s. role in the u.n.-brokered peace talks, minimize the possibility of any success there. look, russia wants bashar assad to stay in power, because assad owes his regime to them. he will give the russians the run of the area. there was already an announcement on russian media that theyre establishing permanent military bases in syria, which is something theyd always wanted to keep that footprint in the middle east. so they want the u.s. out of the way. the other thing they would li...

Up to 10,000 feet. you did a little bit there. you know, syria and the conflict was so much in the news here in the u.s., in the obama administration, when he was contemplating whether or not to send forces, you know, so on and so forth, getting a lot of pressure from republicans like john mccain and lindsay dprey g. where do things stand big picture now? we know that obviously bashar assad is still there. hes getting help from the russian who is want him to stay there. >> well, the u.s. presenc...

Adversary to make the people who are undecided in the middle doubt what the united states is doing there, especially at this crucial stage. a lot of the isis fighters have either taken off their uniforms and melted back into the population or theyve left. and the population left behind has a decision to make. do they stay in the loosely governed area that is controlled by u.s.-backed forces, do they give in to assads forces? theyre being menaced by iranian and russian proxy forces in between. so...

Thats a risk to u.s. national security. the continuing ability of the isis. whether they have control of raqqah or not, to be able to inspire attacks, direct attacks, plot and plan. president trumps so-called isis strategy has been the same as president obamas. bomb, conduct combat operations, train local forces to go after them. you know. do more war, if you will. but thats not really going to solve the isis problem. if you get them out of raqqah, theyve already moved southeast into the euphrat...