protect the kurds and also protect the turkish interest. is there a chance of that happening? it s a lot more difficult to do that than a couple of weeks ago. a couple of weeks ago us special forces on the ground were working closely kur with te kurds. we were controlling a part of syria with the oil reserves that gave us leverage with any negotiations of russia and the asad regime. but now we have withdrawn those special forces now the kurds are on the run and now russians and asad is moving into that territory so now we have less leverage to negotiate any agreement or settlement. paul: the presidentre said t17 the president of turkey made this contention on suspension of hostilities for five days because of the potential damage from economic sanctions