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2,000 isn't 100,000 or 50,000. what is the risk of pulling them out quickly? >> hopefully we've averted this outcome of this latest decision, but if we pull them out of syria, you run them reconstituting. you run the risk of the country falling apart. and you give more oxygen to russia and iran, and frankly, turkey, who would like nothing better than the united states to lead so they can begin to pursue a syria that is in their interest and not necessarily the interest of the international community. >> listen to the director of the joint staff over at the pentagon. this is what he just said. ...