a solid one? we ve been doing this for some time. very much under the radar, only when we have solid intelligence on the target and go after that specifically. over the last few months we see this ramp up a little bit. i suspect what the president is talking to the kenyans and ugandans about increased american alsup port for their operations against al shabab. with the kenyans on the ground. very effective force. and american drone support, air power, if you will, they could be much more effective. i think we ll see more of this, and as we see al shabab get more in line with isis, this is part of our larger war on isis worldwide. so, i think this is a really good step. all right. good to know. lieutenant colonel rick francona, we appreciate your insight. thank you, sir. good to be with you. hillary clinton once again on the offensive. inspector general said some e-mails sent as secretary of state from the private server
more broadly what does this mean going forward for u.s. involvement? they talk about safe havens. the idea you push isis out and allow refugee, hundreds of thousands of them to go back to a safe place. that s going to take an awful lot of doing. for the more immediate future. turkish officials allow warplanes, uavs, drones, as we call them to use an air base in southern turkey, and that can significantly up the tempo of operations there. the turkish in the fight, too. this alters things quite fast in the future to come but as a big sting to all of this, too. turkey is open potentially to isis retaliation. that could mean attacks on western targets, turkish military targets. that s why many say turkey have not been in the fight early on, and we ll have to see what this does for the war inside syria. used to be against the regime. now against isis. it s so complex but now has a
little reticent about what turkey is actually doing here. we welcome them in the fight against isis. we welcome them in the fight against the isis regime but have to be very careful to understand they re also involved in tamping down the nationialismnationalis. i expect that s the deal that we would not raise too much argument about them going after the kurds as long as they go after isis. this is a big deal for the united states and coalition to get the turks on their side and the use of those air bases. big, brig game-changer. geographically, i know it expedites the process for the u.s. as well. listen. i want to ask you about the u.s. military operations in somalia as well against al shabab as well. u.s. officials tell us drone strikes part of that strategy. that reliance, do you think it s
new dimension. that s the key. a longtime reluctant neighbor squarely in the fight. nick p paton walsh reporting for us. i want to bring in retired lieutenant rick francona. how realistic is it to seek to clear the isis threat out of syria? is it a game-changer? the involvement of turkey at this level is a game-changer. everybody on the coalition side is really pleased the turks are now involved. many would say finally involved. we ve been waiting for this for a long time. the turks have the second largest army in nato. they are very capable armed forces and much is deployed down to the syrian iraqi border. so, it is a game-changer as nick said. do they have the capability to go into northern syria and create this buffer zone? yes, they have the capability if they have the political will to do it. but i think we need to be a
clear isis out of syria. it s looking to create a safe zone. several safe zones inside syria for syrian war refugees and it s wasting no time. turkish warplanes took aim at isis star gets across the border for the second straight year today. cnn s nick walsh joins us from beirut. we know of these00s of terror arrests by turkey. knick? reporter: they, this is a huge moment in the syrian conflict and syria s local history. they re abused of not being in the fight alongside their nato allies. we have plainty of warplanes hitting isis and kurdish targets. allies of the same kurds that are helping the coalition fight isis in other places like kobani that we talked about before.