>> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE TO OUR
POLITICS I THINK RICH OTTO LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE
ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT IT'S
GOING TO GET REMOVING TROOPS
FROM
NORTHERN SYRIA. THE STATEMENT
READS TURKEY WILL SOON BE
MOVING FORWARD WITH
THAT'S LONG PLANNED OPERATION
INTO NORTHERN SYRIA, THE US
ARMED FORCES WILL NOT SUPPORT
OR BE INVOLVED IN
THE OPERATION AND THE US FORCES
HAVING DEFEATED THE ISIS
TERRITORIAL WILL NO LONGER
BEING
IMMEDIATE AREA SINCE THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT LAWMAKERS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE HAVE
EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT KURDISH
TROOPS WILL BE EVEN MORE
VULNERABLE FROM AN ATTACK.
JUDY DARK AND JOINS US NOW LIVE
FROM
CAPITOL HILL. HE'S JOINED BY
THE GIGLI NEW NEW YORK UNITED
NATIONS BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE
READOUT MEDIA NETWORK JD TAKEN
AWAY.
>> YEAH, THANKS A LOT AGITA
UGLY JOINS US HERE NOW THE GM
VERY PRETTY SURE THEY TAKE A
FEW MEN TO WHAT I'M SURE IS AN
EXTRAORDINARILY BUSY DAY FOR
YOU I JUST WANT TO BEGIN BY
GETTING YOUR REACTION TO WHAT
QUITE LITERALLY AMOUNTS TO AN
11TH HOUR DECISION AROUND
11:00PM LAST NIGHT
FOR A MAJOR SHIFT IN FOREIGN
POLICY, YOUR REACTION TO WHAT
WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE COURSE
LAST HALF DAY OR SO.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY YOUR RIGHT
IT'S A MAJOR SHIFT ITS TALKING
TO MOST OF
NOT JUST THE CURRENT, BUT ALL
THE US ALLIES IN THE REGION
BASICALLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES JUST
SIGNED OFF ON THE CAMPAIGN BY
TURKEY AND ETHNIC CLEANSING
MASS KILLING CAMPING, THIS IS
NOT JUST ABOUT TARGETING.
COULD THIS FIGHTERS THIS IS
ABOUT CHANGING
THE DEMO OF
OF THAT REGION, IT'S A VERY
COMPLICATED ISSUE THERE IS NOT
A SINGLE A U S A I HAVEN'T SEEN
ANY A US NATIONAL SECURITY
EXPERT THAT THE STEP FROM BOTH
REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS AND
THE SNOW JUST
A MORE WELL ISSUING A FORK OR
IS THIS IS A BIT RAIL. THIS IS
A SHOCKING DECISION BUT THIS IS
ALSO POTENTIALLY ENDANGERED THE
NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED
STATES ACCORDING TO ALL THESE
AND NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS
COMMENTED ON RUSHED DECISION
OVERNIGHT DECISION BY PRESIDENT
TRUMP IT WILL CERTAINLY
INCREASE THE THREAT OF ISIS
HELP RUSSIA FOR SURE AND IRAN
AND POSSIBLY IN DANGER ISRAEL'S
SECURITY IN THAT REGION.
>> MAKE IT YOUR FIRST THIS IS A
VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE. I DON'T
THINK IT WOULD DISPUTE THAT BUT
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE I WANT TO
GIVE OUR VIEWERS A BIT OF AN
UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT
THE VERY PRECARIOUS
RELATIONSHIP THE DYNAMIC
BETWEEN TURKEY AND KURDISH
THERE IN THAT COUNTRY AND THE
OTHER ONES AS WELL WATER
IMPORTANT WHAT
IS IMPORTANT FOR AN AUDIENCE
MAYBE OTHERWISE SOMEWHAT
UNFAMILIAR ABOUT THE BACKGROUND
TO KNOW AS THIS ISSUE
CONTINUES.
>> THAT'S OF EVERY COULD
IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ASK AND
UH I THANK YOU
FOR US, YOU COULD THERE'S MORE
THAN 20 MILLION IT COULD DISH.
MINORITY AS MINORITY GROUP LIVE
INSIDE TURKEY WITH
IT SITS THEIR HISTORIC REMAIN
OPPRESSED BY MEASURE AND BY THE
IN TURKEY. THIS IS A
THEY ISSUE OF CONCERN
TO TURKEY. ABOUT A 100 YEARS
AGO KURDISTAN THE HOMELAND OF
THE KURDS WAS ONE.
IT TURNS HURRY AND
THE THAN THE BRITISH CAME AND
DIVIDE IT UP THAT LAND BETWEEN
TURKEY, SYRIA, IRAN AND IRAQ
AND BECAUSE OF
THAT ANY. THERE'S ANY PROSPECT
FOR THE KURDS AND OTHER PARTS
OF THOSE COUNTRIES. TURKEY
INTERFERE TOO.
BASICALLY UNDERMINE THOSE
EFFORTS BECAUSE THEY FEAR THAT
IT WILL ENCOURAGE THERE COULD
THERE COULD THIS POPULATION TO
ASK FOR THE POLITICAL AND
ETHNIC RIGHTS JUST ONE OTHER
COMPONENT I WANT TO TO BRING
ATTENTION TO TALK ABOUT IT
HERE. THIS
IS ALSO IN A WAY IT'S RELATED
TO THE ISSUE OF REFUGEES AND
MIGRANTS, TURKEY HAS
3 MILLION SYRIAN REFUGEES THAT
THE CORE AND NEITHER WANTS TO
WIN THE ELECTION IN ORDER FOR
HIM TO WIN THE ELECTION.
HE'S PLANNING TO KICK THEM OUT
BASICALLY OF OF TURKEY. I THINK
BACK TO FORCE THEM BACK
TO SYRIA WHICH IS STILL IN A
STATE OF WAR AS YOU FOR THIS
PLAN HE WANTS TO COME
INTO THIS
TO AREAS THAT US FORCES ARE
THERE AND BRING THOSE EVER
FUGEES KEEP THEM OUT OF TURKEY.
SO THIS IS REALLY RELATED ALSO
TO THE ISSUE OF REFUGEES OF
THE ANTI FIJI SENTIMENT THAT'S
UNFORTUNATELY GROWING IN
TURKEY.
>> BUT YOU JUST AS MORE
OF LA ALONE WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER
OF REPUBLICANS WHO ARE USUALLY
VERY MUCH ALIGNED WITH
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BE VERY
QUICK TO CRITICIZE THIS
SPECIFIC PIECE OF FOREIGN
POLICY, SENATOR LINDSEY
GRAHAM CONGRESSMAN ADAM
KINZINGER OF ILLINOIS HOUSE
REPUBLICAN
FORMER AMBASSADOR AND NIKKI
HALEY AS WELL THESE ARE
REPUBLICANS WHO TODAY ARE
UNAFRAID TO CALL THIS FOR WHAT
THEY SAY THIS IS WHICH IS A
GRAVE ERROR IN THE FOREIGN
POLICY SPACE. YEAH, WHAT ARE
YOUR THOUGHTS AND WE HAD IS
THAT LAND WITH YOU THAT YOU
HAVE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WHO
TYPICALLY ARE
VERY QUICK TO SUPPORT THE
PRESIDENT ON FOREIGN POLICY OR
ANY OTHER
SHE'S BE SO QUICK TO CONDEMN
THIS DECISION BY THE
WHITE HOUSE.
>> THIS IS CERTAINLY
HEARTWARMING FOR FOR A COURTESY
ALL
THE SUPPORT AS THE FRONT
DEFINITELY PLUS EFFECT OF BACK
IN DECEMBER WHEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP AGAIN AFTER ANOTHER
PHONE CALL WITH TURKISH PRIME
THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT
CONSULTING WITH HIS ADVISORS
MADE
A SIMILAR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT
SYRIA BUT BUT HE FELT THE
PRESSURE FROM THE
AS BASE AND ESPECIALLY FROM THE
GOP LEADERSHIP TO KIND OF BUT
DOWN BACK
IN DECEMBER. AND TODAY WE'RE
SEEING JUST RIGHT NOW JUST AS I
WAS WALKING TO THE STUDIO HE
MADE ANOTHER. TWEET BASICALLY
THREATENING TURKEY AND HE SAYS
THE 2
OF ANYTHING THAT IS OFF LIMITS
TO HIM, BUT THAT THREAT IS VERY
AND.
IS AN ATTEMPT BY DOGS FROM TO
BASICALLY EASE DOWN A PROUDLY
THIS PRESSURE THAT THESE
FEELING
FROM THAT LINDSEY GRAHAM AND
THE GOP LEADERSHIP THAT NOW
INTRODUCING A BIPARTISAN BILL
TO BASICALLY SANCTION TURKEY IF
TURKEY DECIDED TO ATTACK THE
KURDS IN SYRIA.
>> YEAH, BUT YOU MY FINAL
QUESTION FOR YOU AGAIN, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME
TO TALK WITH US ABOUT THE WHITE
HOUSE WOULD DEFEND THIS
IS SAYING THIS IS MORE OR LESS
THE LONGSTANDING FOREIGN POLICY
DONALD TRUMP LARGELY CAMPAIGNED
ON TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTS
OF
THE WORLD. HE DIDN'T THINK WE
NEEDED TO HAVE AN ACTIVE
PRESENCE AND HE HAD DOES HAVE A
BIT AN INDICTMENT, YOUR PENSION
IS STREAK. HOW DO YOU RESPOND
TO CRITICISM FROM THE OTHER
SIDE OF THIS ARGUMENT DEFENDERS
OF THE PRESIDENT TO SAY THIS IS
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PROMISES
MADE
PROMISES KEPT.
>> BY THE TRUMP WHITE THIS IS
THE OPPOSITE OF HIS PROMISES
MADE HIS PROMISE WAS TO
DEFEAT ISIS FACT CHECK OF
DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S A STATEMENT ISIS IS NOT
DEFEATED THEY LOST THE
TERRITORY BUT THERE'S AN
ESTIMATED ACCORDING TO US
INTELLIGENCE REPORT, AN
ESTIMATED 20,000 ISIS FIGHTERS
IN IRAQ AND SYRIA RIGHT NOW
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. AND THE
SECOND POINT IS THIS IS NOT
ANOTHER ENDLESS WAR. AND
THE THAT SAID THE US TROOP
PRESENCE IS VERY LIMITED.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT
MILITARY OPERATIONS. IN THE
MIDDLE EAST THAT THE US HAS
ACCORDING TO. ACCORDING TO A
BRETTON-GORDON OTHER NATIONAL
SECURITY FORMER NATIONAL
SECURITY OFFICIALS WILL RESIGN
BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP ABOUT SYRIA, SO THIS IS
NOT
ANOTHER ENDLESS WAR UH AND BY
PULLING OUT US FROM SYRIA FROM
THAT PART OF SYRIA THAT WILL
CERTAINLY WILL NOT END THE WAR
IT WILL JUST MAKE IT MORE
DANGEROUS FOR THE UNITED
STATES.
>> YEARS AS AN INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE ON THIS
MAJIDI WE WELCOME YOU BACK IN
FUTURE CONVERSATIONS I HOPE
YOU'LL CONTINUE TO REVISIT US
IS THIS HERSCHEL SHIFT IN
FOREIGN POLICY CONTINUES TO
PLAY
ITSELF OUT THAT MACHINE GLEE
BAKER THAT