analyst. his new book is information wars, how we lost the global battle against disinformation. and heidi przybyla, her new article is titled donald trump s longtime business connections in turkey back in the spotlight. richard, let me begin with you. what do you make of the reason that president trump decided to pull out under this campaign promise that he s pulling out of the middle east, when in reality, our contribution or our footprint in syria was the smallest out of all the footprints we have in the region, and hardly a significant one from a footprint point, bought significant one from a tactical security point. ayman, i wish we didn t have to have any american service men or women in harm s way around the world, but we do. and the reason we had not a small force in syria, thousands or so, was to combat isis. that started back in 2014, 2015. our greatest ally there, who lost thousands and thousands of lives, were the kurds. and they fought beside us,