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Patrol and efforts are not moving fast enough and not going far enough to proved them the necessary security is that they want on their southern border. >> is he making this then a part of our fault and trying to encourage us to step up the security or is is this -- something else that he has in mind? >> well it's important to note that the president has directed that we slowly withdraws forceses in a if they withdraw out of syria so i think he sees that as potential for security vacuum increasing so this whether it is a bluff or bloc e bluster it is going to be seen but they've been making pr...

Much. eric. >> turkey doesn't attack syrian operation allies how should washington react let's bring in malcolm a retired u.s. army major general. a general so why is president erdogan military threats to attack so troubling? >> well good afternoon eric thank you for letting me join you. first off i would like to settle a little context right now the united states has about under just under a thousand forces there in northern syria and what they're doing is conducting joint security patrolses and they're on outpost with turkey u.s. and turkey turkish forces together. air and ground patrol tryi...

Security vacuum. >> bret: are there other terrorist groups that are in your country that the world needs to worry about? >> translator: extremists can find many open paths for illegal immigration. for extremists and smugglers, there are many illegal activities that can be done through such an open border. >> bret: producing evidence of foreign fighters coming into your country from iraq or syria? >> translator: that challenge exists. such terrorist organizations seek a conducive atmosphere for them to thrive. the challenges always exist, but for our fight against terrorism, we will always cont...

Back to my experience in iraq in 2011. i was on the ground as a commander in the north province. and we warned the military warned the administration at that time that pulling out precipitously would cause a security vacuum in iraq. now, we did not know exactly how that security vacuum would be filled. the ability for iraq to have internal defense or much less external defense. we were in the middle of developing that so, that precipitous withdrawal was unfortunately isis came out of that. and then had you she a vs. sunni and maliki extracted a lot of the professionals out of the military. tha...

See a resurgence of isis. >> we will come back if we have to. we have very fast airplanes and argo crew that can come back quickly if needed. i'm not leaving -- >> what does this say going forward? >> most presidents try to learn from historical mistakes, not repeat them. it is true we with drew from iraq and it is president bush. the president mischaracterized it today. but finalized by president obama because the iraqi government wouldn't grant our soldiers the immunities we required to keep them in country. the president is reinventing history and failing to learn the lesson a precipitous w...