the u.s. will supply these kurds with small arms, machine guns, ammunition. those kinds of supplies. but they will do it in a limited fashion. it will all be parcelled out specifically for various missions to re-take raqqah. why, you might ask? well, this is very key, because it is the turks, turkey across the border to the north, that is so opposed to this and of course, turkey, a vital nato ally for the united states. the turks are not fans of any of these rebel forces in the region. some of these factions, the turks consider outright terrorists, there s a lot of different factions there. the u.s. point is the ones that the u.s. is supporting are against isis, are fighting isis, and these are forces that really are in desperate need, it s said, of ammunition and additional arms if they want to take the campaign forward to raqqah and boot isis out of raqqah once and for all, which the u.s. considers a vital military objective.
we appreciate the update. thank you. the other important news story we re following tonight, the u.s.-led negotiations with iran, a deal was not reached today. so secretary of state john kerry he s going to spend yet another night in switzerland. my next guest reports that the french think the united states is looking for an ally in iran. is that true? joining me now with reaction foreign policy columnist from the hudson institute benjamin hadad is with us. sir, why do you say that? well look, the french like many u.s. allies in the region, turkey, saudi arabia or israel, have the sense that the u.s. is rushing to a deal and is giving in on key demands on this nuclear deal like enrichment, uranium enrichment, the number of sentrycentrifuges and sanctions because it wants to realign with iran in the region. if you look at what the administration is doing in the region rather than what it s saying, it s subcontracting the fight against isis to
ostensibly, doesn t it seem simultaneously fighting the iranian people in yemen, the iranian rebels there? yeah. it does quite surprise me considering iran s involvement against us for ten years in iraq. and now we re helping the same militias that supplied men that fought us. assad couldn t really spell out the amount of territory that isis has taken over in syria. you re on the ground. how much territory has isis taken? in syria they own most of northern syria and pushing down the western i should say the eastern desert. so they own almost a third of the country. but they are losing pieces of it in the north slowly. yeah. and how are things on a daily basis for you? i mean you signed up for this. you think that america should be involved in the battle there except the intimate air strikes you talk about. so the question is how are things for you on a daily basis?
you re friend bibi s been talking about iran getting a bomb since 1992. in 2006 he said they ll be building 25 bombs by the end of the decade. are they? no. you don t have any concerns at all about sitting down by the way, there s a big difference between the cold war and the russians that had nuclear weapons and america paving the way for them to get nuclear weapons considering i would argue that before any negotiations take place, pat i m not against negotiations. but first you have to change your behavior. stop being a state sponsor of terror. stop fighting proxy wars. stop funding groups like hezbollah and other groups. how s that? sean. pat. in syria in iraq okay, the iranians and their allies, hezbollah, the shiite militia who are a dreadful bunch, assad, are fighting isis. they are fighting al qaeda. the houthi rebels in yemen are fighting isis in al qaeda?
your behavior. stop being a state sponsor of terror. stop fighting proxy wars. stop funding groups like hezbollah and other groups. how s that? sean. pat. in syria in iraq okay, the iranians and their allies, hezbollah, the shiite militia who are a dreadful bunch, assad, are fighting isis. they are fighting al qaeda. the houthi rebels in yemen are fighting isis in al qaeda? who are they killing, sean? they are killing our enemies. they are killing our enemies. okay. and then we re also fighting against them in yemen with the saudis. so explain that logic to me. you tell what the saudis are going to do. the saudis are making a terrible mistake. if they go in there on the ground, it will be their vietnam. when i was a young editorial writer, egypt if they don t go in there, then they re going to be surrounded by the iranians which by the way wants to clearly