effect on future recruits, stories like this. i get it. no happy endings in a lot of theseri scenarios. i have never been in a combat situation. they are not black and white. therehi is a lot of gray. the entire field of military ethics is built around that gray. if i can move on though to syria. i would love to get your expertise and get to you, general tata. syria situation, there is a real delicate balance to the kurds, isis. this is not -- this is- another one of those situations where there is no yes or no answer. your opinion on president trump's action today to start to remove our troops from syria? >> i agreed with his policy a few months ago that we need to stay engaged as long as iran is there right on israel's doorstep. we need to look at what happens if we just pull the soldiers out. you have isis that can soreconstitute. you have iran running amuck. russiaia running amuck. you hae. iran who can attack acisrael. you have our kurdish allies that are going to be hit by the turks in the north. and then, even if you do think we w should just pull them out regardless of all