when you hear people in the administration sort of pushing the idea that it was not the -- the president did not in effect green light turkey's attack on the kurds, do you buy that? >> i don't buy that at all. frankly, this is what happens when an untested, unconventional president who doesn't rely on the advice that his diplomats and military advisors wanders into a very complex region and engages in erratic and ill-informed foreign policy. frankly, after this development many of our enemies are encouraged and some of our closest allies alarmed. i am gravely concerned, anderson, about what this means, not just for the kurds who fought bravely alongside us in the efforts against isis but for the extent to which our allies in the region and the world view us as reliable. it was about six months ago that president trump made this same tragically mistaken decision and