isis in syria. if we re compromised in any way in terms of effectiveness there, that could be a problem. but i expect erdogan to focus on his agenda. he is cozying up with the russians too, there is a mutual interest there. do you think this administration would be any more receptive to the idea of extraditing gulen back to turkey as erdogan wants? if they could play that chip and get something meaningful in return. at this point it doesn t look like it would compromise the idea of the united states as a refuge for people with differing political views. they were tasked with providing evidence, the turkish government, to the united states about what specific connections there were to the coup. i believe there is, frankly, a fairly thin it s more circumstan circumstantial. i would say it would be problematic to return him with nothing in return. do you get a sense that