russia has been attacked by isis two. can you bring us into the thinking, do we call them up and say we have an operation, don t you think it s very important stand back? that s with the military cooperation on the ground is so important. we had a marriage of convenience and none of us like isis, what i worry about long-term is russia is worried about a lot of other things besides isis and that s why we have to keep a presence in syria and iraq. eric: we thank you for your service and we think all of your fellow especially the special ops team who carried out the doing brave go army. absolutely. we are with you on that. arthel: that is allowed today. president trump giving credit to the kurds and other international forces for taking down the isis leader. more on the global cooperation that made this historic mission possible. and what his death means in light from syria. your family is duckin and rollin .
took highly sensitive material and information from the raid much having to do with isis origins, future plans, things we very much want. that s president trump describing in detail the mission that led to the death of isis leader al-baghdadi. they cornered him in northern syria. taking down al-baghdadi mean for the later policy in the region, michael joins us with the former special offers or who served in the middle east and a member of the house armed services committee. welcome, your reaction to the death of al-baghdadi. this is a fantastic day for america, and plastic day for freedom. my hats off to the president for authorizing what was a very dangerous mission operationally, sending the special operators into what was essentially
fighting isis just a couple years ago and we were worried about it and eventually the u.s. came in with airstrikes to help save the day and the kurdish fighters to push back and repel isis. the turks were sitting atop the tanks on the other side of the border watching this going on and watching the battle and allowing isis to slaughter civilians and fight with the kurds because everyone doesn t like the kurds. but when you re dealing with a menace like isis, there comes a point in which you have to say enough is enough. you have to intervene and help. arthel: you think turkey will do that? i m not saying the president will do that, even his statement today raised real concerns, it s great that he s happy that al-baghdadi is dead but in the same breath he accused the kurds of being hearers too. it won t stop unless it stops.
arthel: president trump raises the point how russia hates isis as well. turkey and russia to get together and fight isis. but then eric just interviewed florida congressman michael walt recently and he said the congressman said, yes but russia doesn t have the full means that we do to contain isis so he feels that the u.s. should make sure their heavily involved in containing isis. it s absolutely true that containing isis is an international challenge. isis is all over the place. there in western africa, the philippines, afghanistan, there in the middle east, across the middle east, sweeper cells all over the place. they are foreign fighters who came in from russia and they have a problem in the caucasus
commit heinous atrocities or spread the ideology of hatred to poison and recruit vulnerable mines. isis has lost control of cities in the middle east and officials are worried about attacks beyond the region and some state department officials warn that lives around the world. french president tweeted today, the death is a blow against isis. but it s only a step, the fight continues with the partners in the international coalition and the tariff organization is defeated. he added this is the priority in the region. arthel: thank you, the operation to take out al-baghdadi coinciding with the pentagon s recent decision to move the troops to eastern syria to guard oil fields. president trump highlighting why it s critical to protect the oil. with the massive amounts of oil and were securing it for a couple of reasons. number one it stops isis because isis got tremendous wealth from the oil. we have taken. joining me is jonathan, former