wake of his decision toward turkey and syria where the president stands up and basically says, this is a great success. >> and now people are saying, wow, what a great outcome. >> well, no, that's not the case. >> the case was kurds living near the turkish border with syria lost lives, homes, territory. >> we've done a good job. >> that's not what the president's lead adviser on syria and against isis testified on the hill just 90 minutes before president trump delivered that victory speech. >> the turkish incursion into northeast syria is a tragedy. it was a longstanding u.s. government policy in two administrations to keep that from happening. >> we have been telling the kurds that we would try to make sure that they weren't murdered or tortured. >> but the president had also promised he would bring the troops home. >> i campaigned on bringing our