withdrawal are now being walked back and whether the president wants to admit they are or not. we couldn t leave in 30 days unless you wanted to leave behind very expensive military equipment, classified gear. so it was another example of the president not having any idea whatever he was talking about. as far as policies go, there s no consistency. the president is very child like. he s loyal to the other kid he s playing with at the moment. on the phone with erdogan. they were pals. erdogan says you know, the kurds bad people, terrorist. we can take care of that. and trump impulsively makes this announcement. now you have bolton trying to walk it back further because the job is not done. and it s a problem on multiple levels, anderson. first of all, any u.s. presidential announcement on policy that pleases putin, the iranian, al assad and isis is inherently a flawed policy.
we ve wiped out isis in iraq. keeping them honest, he said they were doing it quickly, 30 days. in fact, the same day he claimed victory over isis, he posted a video saying they re coming back now, full stop. that they re, quote, getting ready, you re going to see them soon, meaning u.s. troops. our boys, our young women, our men. they re all coming back. and they re coming back now. we won. keeping them honest, the only thing that s happening now is that the old policy seems to be back in place. joining me now is retired you lieutenant colonel ralph peters. thanks for being with us. should it come as a surprise these plans for a 30-day withdrawal are now being walked back and whether the president wants to admit that they are or not? well, we couldn t leave in 30 days, unless you wanted to leave behind very expensive military equipment, classified gear. so, it was just another example of the president not having any idea whatsoever what he was talking about.