Drawdown would be on battlefield areas and not political affiliations. they're there mostly to help train kurdish rebels. c clarissa ward is on the ground. they're still on the front lines in many ways. what's the move there? how do the kurds address this move by the united states? >> reporter: well, i think there is mixed messages going on here. there is a sense on the surface that they're trying to make the best of a bad situation, that officials here are continuing to negotiate with u.s. officials to try to get some guarantees about what happens after the u.s. leaves. they want to have guar...