isis terrorized kurds, they hunted down kurds because they refused to accept the isis way of life. but it was the kurds here in northern iraq who in many ways made this operation possible because for the last five years they have been chasing after isis with those very same american special operations forces. and today they only got a passing mention by president trump, a passing thank you, while right now their homeland is being destroyed by turkey. they are being displaced. they are being moved on. they're not very thankful about what happened. they say, we've cooperated with the united states for so long and helped make this moment possible. president trump turned it into a moment to celebrate himself while they are being driven off of their land. that's how it was being seen from here today. >> point well driven, indeed. thank you so much, richard engel, from northern syria. "newsweek" broke the story of this raid last night. one of the writers joins me right now, former fbi