there is no guarantee of a su success in an operation of this difficulty. president trump knew this when he made the bold decision to order the raid, confident in the expertise of our forces. they executed the raid in all its facets brilliantly. the security situation in syria remains complex. multiple states and non state actors continue to fight for control of territory and resources within the country. as we have learned from ourtory east, it is easy to get drawn and con conflict if our objectives are not clear. acting as a police force out to solve every dispute is not our mission. our mission in syria today remains the same as it was when we began operations in 2014, to enable the enduring defeat of
that s right. i think the question came from nancy just listening to voices there. she s asking is there video. what s the name of the dog? of course, we did not get that. that s the question we are trying to figure out. all general millie and the chief would say is there are remarkab fact they were able to pull it off. over yesterday in the white house that baghdadi was wh whimpering and crying. a couple of things that were big take aways from that, we are trying to figure out what s the next mission for u.s. troops and syria. the secretary is saying there would be a smaller footprint, 2,000 down to about a thousand
ware aware of. what do you make of the reference he made about turkey saying that turkey is contributing to the instability of the region? well, that s common sense in washington, d.c. when co when it comes to the operation on saturday. military officials have said that. an air base in turkey that s used for operation haves ns hav been used. turkish officials have been informed and yet they did not know about the exact nature of the operation, instead the syrian cu syrian cu syrian kurdish leader, the commander, he was the only foreigner who knew about the nature of the operation and this tells me the level of and extent of distrust particularly of
you mentioned securing the oil fields. has deployment or re-enforcement that you announced last week begun and could you describe fully what you intend to do there? we begun to deploying into the vicinity. it includes mechanize forces and other types of forces. that ll continue until we have efficient capabilities to ensure other detablizing have you had any indication of any challenges to your presence there? not at this time. sir, do you have video of baghdadi s final moment. are you partnering with the kurds again on the ground, can you explain how difficult this operation would have been if you didn t have troops or bases on the ground in syria and in iraq?
who have been there for the last year. those who remains would continue to execute counter terrorism mission. all we have before hearing is the next mission is securing the oil fields. when he was pressed on that, they ll continue way in the south of syria and down near the jordanian border. that was an interesting reference. l i want to get your thoughts on something that the secretary of defense says about turkey. he says turkey bears responsibility for some of the instability of what s going on in syria. he did verify whether or not of what extent it involves any kind of turkish planning. he did reference neighbor military and countries made aid