national security policy, to have things turn on a dime like that? the u.s. is in, then it's out, now it's back in. >> yeah, it -- jim, i put it in the context of a delay, then a reversal and then a reversal of a reversal. and this is strategic improvisation with uncoordinated messaging with not only our allies but you also have to remember the individual military personnel on the ground maybe don't know what's going on either. they are hearing the same kind of things with the tweets and the commentary by -- first with lindsey graham, then by rand paul, then by prime minister netanyahu and president erdogan. there's a lot of people who are attempting to influence a strategy of the united states in a certain part of the world. and the president doesn't seem to be -- or at least it appears he doesn't seem to be listening to his national security advisers. >> not to mention, as jim and i