pulling out its remaining 1,000 forces from northern syria. >> well, this is a very serious mistake by president trump. because the syrian kurds have been our closest ally in syria over many years. they've been protecting the u.s. troops there. they're also the most significant help to us in defeating the islamic state. they've held the ground in northern syria and prevented the syrian government, russia, and iran from occupying it. so they had a strategic role. they played into the american interests. and they helped us achieve our interest there. and suddenly the president decided on a sunday evening to withdraw them without informing france and britain our two allies who are there with us. this is a major mistake. it's going to have consequences for us. the credibility and word of the united states is that we don't stand by our friends who have stood by us. >> our friends, that being the kurds. you mentioned that our allies there, our european allies were not informed. the kurds weren't informed