u.s. position very difficult. and it undermines american credibility in the reege. even american allies in the region are trying to keep a particular distance from the u.s. position. so this is on the palestinian/israeli conflict. on syria, the u.s. really has a very weak hand. russia has invested major strategic capital. i mean in his latest strategy on syria, president trump and his secretary of state have basically announced major goals. goals stlat turned turkey, i mean imagine turkey is a full member of nato and a strategic ally of the united states. turkey now opposes the american presence in syria because turkey perceives the united states to be helping the kurds. who are basically seen as intrinsic enemies of turkey. all in all the u.s. position is in a terrible shape not only in syria, and the region itself, and the u.s. really has very few