to come south, and he was going to do it, cross into syria and take territory one way or the other. in terms of leverage, what can the trump administration do now? it s very hard to see. it s important to remember turkey is a member of nato. the u.s. is not going to go to war against a nato ally. the president is talking about economic sanctions as leverage. but from north korea to iran, we have seen so many authoritarian regimes survive sanctions year after year. there is universal condemnation in europe. european governments, several of them have already stopped weapon sales to turkey. governments in europe really tried to pressure the turks. but how all of this happened may be a reflection of president trump, some say, either not having the juice to deter turkey or just simply feeling that he was going to let president erdogan go ahead as an authoritarian leader and do what he wanted to do. fred? barbara starr of the
air force was back in action, dropping in discriminant barrel bombs in hama province. it hasn t stopped the regime. it is impossible to cross into syria at the moment. there are too many armed groups come into many bombs, but from here, across the border in turkey, despite all the barbed layer, pictures drop out. amid the stories, the gas attacks last week. i saw my brother had tried to save my nephew, but he died over him and they lay there together. they were still forming from the mouth and nose abdul kareem lost his 11-month-old twins. he. then and his wife with his own hands. he spoke to us also about the american strike. the final decision will be up to the americans. they are the only ones that can do anything to help. it is the final line, the real
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about american secretaries of state or defense trying to instruct russia. i would think the russians have a better idea of that. brings me back to john kerry telling the russians it was a mistake to go into the ukraine intake crimea. i think it worked out rather well for the russians. the reason the russians are in there is not in affection for assad, but because as of result of their involvement, they now have a naval base in warm water mediterranean, they have an active, very powerful air base in syria, they have a presence in the middle east. they are the power. they have displaced the united states, their entire foreign policy under putin as to recover the glory and territory and influence of the old soviet union one piece at a time. and it does that by taking away from the united states. it is a zero-sum game. the idea we re going to persuade
you can see the slight movement, perhaps, toward re-engagement of the old soviet union, the election tampering, put that aside for a moment. is there ever going to be a solution in syria without russia and the united states coming to some understanding, whether it is part of a grand plan or grand bargain involving not expanding nato or the ukraine or peeling i ran out of the situation. a lot of smart people have written about this. it is difficult to see how this ends with just the united states getting involved, more military strikes, without putin coming to that conclusion that tillotson referenced. how is this good in rush s long-term interests. the fact that he said that, i have my concerns about getting mired in the middle east again. i thought that was smart the way he phrased that. i was heartened. bret: there is this parsing of words about regime change and