WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.803 IT IS THE ONLY LEADER WHO CAN PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING, 00:03.838 --> 00:12.979 PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING, STEPH? 00:13.014 --> 00:16.716 STEPH? >> I WANT TO BRING IN A FORMER 00:16.751 --> 00:19.586 >> I WANT TO BRING IN A FORMER GENERAL, BARRY McCAFFERY, WHAT 00:19.587 --> 00:21.955 GENERAL, BARRY McCAFFERY, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO ALL OF THIS. 00:21.956 --> 00:25.392 IS YOUR REACTION TO ALL OF THIS. >> AN ASTONISHING SITUATION, THE 00:25.426 --> 00:29.996 >> AN ASTONISHING SITUATION, THE PHONE CALL WITH ERDOGAN IS 00:29.998 --> 00:30.430 PHONE CALL WITH ERDOGAN IS INEXPLICABLE. 00:30.465 --> 00:31.798 INEXPLICABLE. WE BROKE A MAJOR SUCCESS IN 00:31.833 --> 00:35.902 WE BROKE A MAJOR SUCCESS IN WHICH WORKING WITH THE KURDS WE 00:35.903 --> 00:39.839 WHICH WORKING WITH THE KURDS WE HAD DISMANTLED THE CALIPHATE. 00:39.874 --> 00:45.679 HAD DISMANTLED THE CALIPHATE. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS AS IF WE 00:45.680 --> 00:50.017 RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS AS IF WE HANDED A SIGNIFICANT VICTORY TOS 00:50.018 --> 00:56.890 HANDED A SIGNIFICANT VICTORY TOS A -- TO ASSAD, THE IRANIANS. 00:56.892 --> 01:06.833 A -- TO ASSAD, THE IRANIANS. AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE MASSIVE 01:06.835 --> 01:09.436 AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE MASSIVE ETHNIC CLAENSENS CLEANSING. 01:09.471 --> 01:11.505 ETHNIC CLAENSENS CLEANSING. THIS IS A DISASTER CAUSED BY THE 01:11.539 --> 01:13.907 THIS IS A DISASTER CAUSED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 01:13.908 --> 01:15.542 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> AND WHY, YOU REALIZE THAT 01:15.576 --> 01:17.644 >> AND WHY, YOU REALIZE THAT YOU’RE NOT IN THE PRESIDENT’S 01:17.646 --> 01:22.083 YOU’RE NOT IN THE PRESIDENT’S AHEAD, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO 01:22.117 --> 01:22.416 AHEAD, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THIS? 01:22.417 --> 01:26.120 THIS? IT IS AT THE SCALE OF THE 01:26.121 --> 01:28.355 IT IS AT THE SCALE OF THE CATASTROPHE THAT HE MADE THIS 01:28.390 --> 01:30.023 CATASTROPHE THAT HE MADE THIS DECISION HIMSELF, OVER JUST 01:30.058 --> 01:43.637 DECISION HIMSELF, OVER JUST ABOUT EVERYONE’S REAXCTION. 01:43.638 --> 01:50.878 ABOUT EVERYONE’S REAXCTION. A LOT OF THIS COULD BE A 01:50.879 --> 01:52.780 A LOT OF THIS COULD BE A LONG-TERM PRESERVED SELF 01:52.814 --> 01:53.147 LONG-TERM PRESERVED SELF INTEREST. 01:53.181 --> 01:54.782 INTEREST. I ALSO THINK HE FEELS 01:54.783 --> 01:56.884 I ALSO THINK HE FEELS COMFORTABLE DEALING WITH STRONG 01:56.885 --> 02:01.455 COMFORTABLE DEALING WITH STRONG MEN, AUTHORITARIAN LEADERS, HE 02:01.456 --> 02:07.295 MEN, AUTHORITARIAN LEADERS, HE LIKES THE OPTICS OF GETTING 02:07.329 --> 02:11.799 LIKES THE OPTICS OF GETTING SOMETHING AGREED TO RAPIDLY. 02:11.801 --> 02:14.869 SOMETHING AGREED TO RAPIDLY. I REALIZED THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT 02:14.903 --> 02:17.104 I REALIZED THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT ASSOCIATING THEMSELVES WITH THE 02:17.106 --> 02:19.407 ASSOCIATING THEMSELVES WITH THE OUTCOMES, THEY ARE JUST TRULY 02:19.442 --> 02:19.741 OUTCOMES, THEY ARE JUST TRULY BIZARRE. 02:19.775 --> 02:25.780 BIZARRE. THESE KURDS THAT LOST 12,000 02:25.781 --> 02:27.715 THESE KURDS THAT LOST 12,000 KASHLTIES, WE HAVE NO ABANDONED 02:27.750 --> 02:29.717 KASHLTIES, WE HAVE NO ABANDONED THEM IN THE FIELD, AND EVERY 02:29.718 --> 02:32.453 THEM IN THE FIELD, AND EVERY OTHER PLAYER IN THE OTHER MIDDLE 02:32.488 --> 02:35.623 OTHER PLAYER IN THE OTHER MIDDLE EASTERN REGION, THE IS RAILIES, 02:35.624 --> 02:40.828 EASTERN REGION, THE IS RAILIES, THE EGYPTIANS, CAN WE TRUST THE 02:40.863 --> 02:41.762 THE EGYPTIANS, CAN WE TRUST THE UNITED STATES AND THE PRESIDENT 02:41.797 --> 02:42.930 UNITED STATES AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE 02:42.932 --> 02:45.200 OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE ANSWER IS NO. 02:45.201 --> 02:47.235 ANSWER IS NO. >> TELL US WHAT MORAL MUST BE 02:47.236 --> 02:48.436 >> TELL US WHAT MORAL MUST BE LIKE IN THE U.S. MILITARY. 02:48.471 --> 02:50.805 LIKE IN THE U.S. MILITARY. I WANT TO SHARE A QUOTE FROM A 02:50.840 --> 02:53.541 I WANT TO SHARE A QUOTE FROM A U.S. ARMY OFFICER THAT WORKED 02:53.576 --> 02:56.778 U.S. ARMY OFFICER THAT WORKED ALONGSIDE THE KURDS. 02:56.812 --> 03:06.321 ALONGSIDE THE KURDS. THEY TRUSTED US AND WE LIKE 03:06.322 --> 03:06.688 THEY TRUSTED US AND WE LIKE THAT. 03:06.689 --> 03:18.233 THAT. >> THEY NEVER LEFT THE IRAQIS 03:18.234 --> 03:19.434 >> THEY NEVER LEFT THE IRAQIS BACK WITHOUT FIGHTING TO THE 03:19.435 --> 03:19.734 BACK WITHOUT FIGHTING TO THE DEATH. 03:19.735 --> 03:29.577 DEATH. SO THEY HAVE A WEAPONS AND 03:29.579 --> 03:39.888 SO THEY HAVE A WEAPONS AND DIPLOMATIC LEADERS. 03:39.889 --> 03:44.092 DIPLOMATIC LEADERS. HE WILL IDENTIFIED KURDISH 03:44.127 --> 03:45.827 HE WILL IDENTIFIED KURDISH LEADERS AND CONTROL THEM ALL. 03:45.862 --> 03:48.697 LEADERS AND CONTROL THEM ALL. ALL OF THIS CAME OUT OF A SINGLE 03:48.698 --> 03:53.569 ALL OF THIS CAME OUT OF A SINGLE PHONE CALL BETWEEN STRONG MAN 03:53.570 --> 03:54.102 PHONE CALL BETWEEN STRONG MAN ERDOGAN AND MR. TRUMP. 03:54.137 --> 03:56.037 ERDOGAN AND MR. TRUMP. HE DISREGARDS EXPERT ADVICE. 03:56.072 --> 03:58.507 HE DISREGARDS EXPERT ADVICE. HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE IS 03:58.508 --> 03:58.807 HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING. 03:58.808 --> 04:01.109 DOING. HE THINKS HE HAS GOOD INSTINCTS 04:01.110 --> 04:01.776 HE THINKS HE HAS GOOD INSTINCTS BUT HE DOESN’T. 04:01.778 --> 04:03.779 BUT HE DOESN’T. HE IS PUTTING US IN A VERY 04:03.780 --> 04:06.949 HE IS PUTTING US IN A VERY CRUCIAL AND DANGEROUS SITUATION.