doing some fighting, but it also means that arabs are taking arabs' lands, and they can sit on that, and there would be toleration for that. i don't believe that's the direction the administration is moving, but i do think it's a better option. eric: do you think the sunni-arab states are going to step up more than they have now? >> oh, yeah. they have said more than one time to barack obama's administration that they would be willing to do something. he pushed back on them. eric: and do they say that to the trump administration? >> i don't know if they've said it directly to them or not. i suspect they have. the great thing about the trump administration, they have revitalized the relationship with our allies in the middle east as they have in other places, but definitely here. and i'm convinced that they would be absolutely willing to work with us. eric: and finally, getting back to the erdogan situation, he's coming to the white house on may 26th. so do you think there had been a way to defuse the situation, that he will be told by the president, hey, we have to have some common goals. i know you don't like the ypg, but they're helping us, don't