congressman jason crow, a former army ranger who serves on the armed services committee. you've been very critical of the president's decision-making in syria. i'm wondering if you can explain what's going to here. remove u.s. troops to protect u.s. allies, the kurds, but put tanks in to protect syrian oil fields which frankly aren't that productive anyway? how do you explain that? >> yeah, it's very hard to explain, actually. i wish i could. but there doesn't appear to be a plan. the president seems to be bumbling from one decision to the next. one moment he's going to leave troops in, then we're rapidly retreating, withdrawing troops to iraq. then iraq is telling us that the troops aren't welcome there so we're saying they're just temporary. now he's saying they're going to go back in to protect the oil fields. i have a lot of background as an army ranger and counterinsurgency, counterterrorism missions and tanks are one of the least effective tools in conducting