from the pentagon, jennifer. shepard no senior official has gone on the record to explain the president s decision or what comes next in syria. they canceled a weekly press briefing today, in fact what i m witnessing pentagon scrambling to come up with a strategy. the senior u.s. military planner described the mood here at the pentagon as guest, horrifying a story that cannot be untold and went on to say u.s. strategy all over the world is based on partnership, now the narrative is the u.s. military is only your friend when it is convenient. we don t know what to do with this high level pentagon planner told me moments ago letting me know what not to do and for the past two years, the senior leaders in the white house not to do this. the author of the retired army major general david who built the partnership with the kurdish force is the first six months of the fight against isis in 2014 explained the u.s. military s