what are you telling the kurds in regards to syria who feel that they ve been yo abandond by the u.s. decision to pull out there. what are the conversations you have? i certainly understand that feeling at the tactical level. i ve been there when you re on the ground with your friends and partners, brothers you shed blood with to defeat isis. we went into this with mutual interest, being the defeat of isis. isis had taken a lot of ground and territory that was that the sdf, the kurds owned, they inflected great harm. we came in. it was a great marriage that led to the physical defeat of the caliphate. at no noint time di point in tiy we re here to establish a kurdish state. at no time did we say we were going to defend defend you agait