. >>> let's bring in ambassador ryan crocker. he is now the diplomat in residence at princeton university. ambassador, great to have you with us. you've spent many years in the region. you certainly know it better than most. you know the players. it seems that turkey has achieved its goal. in fact, hear is what senator mitt romney said on the senate floor just yesterday. >> the decision to abandon the kurds violates one of our most sacred duties. it strikes at american honor. what we have done to the kurds will stand as a bloodstain in the annuls of american history. was there no chance for diplomacy? are we so inept that turkey forced the hand of the united states of america? turkey? >> sir, let me pose that question to you. are we so weak and inept that turkey forced the hand of the united states in this? >> we are in no way weak. this administration has certainly proved its utter ineptitude. we have gone from a bad situation to what i think is a real crisis, a crisis of our interest and a crisis, quite frankly, of our moral va

the sports shop put a killer is getting so good so we're pushing each other i knew my competitor ryan crocker and tom walsh were going to bring their a game so i just tried to focus on me and luckily that one centimeter i was able to speak about today ok so you won the silver medal at the last world championships and you won silver at the last olympics how do you think this win puts you in place for tokyo it really sets me up mostly not just because of the gold medal but in terms of i know what i'm doing works and i'm going to buy in my wife my coach we talk about every day about having a plan and the plans been working so i think it's a vote of confidence and i'm excited to go full speed ahead and into tokyo. away from athletics and new zealand have taken a big step towards the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup the all blacks roster maybe had to pull clear at the top of pool b. they won 71 to 9. and that's all yes well for now we'll have more from the whole event a national stadium later on but now it's back to. so many thanks that's it from the news i has a back to update you in just a f

offered the five lessons, but if you accept those, the policy falls, and it would indicate -- as ryan crocker used to say, you can leave the movie theater, but the movie continues to roll. we found that out the hard way, after we pulled all of our combat forces out of iraq, only to find out several years later we had 5500 troops on the ground. there was an irony that we had removed them because we cannot -- couldn't get a parliamentary approved status of forces agreement, but the -- but at the -- of which is basically undo all that we achieved during the search together and sustain it during 3.5 years afterwards, which was not driving the violence down by 90% and keeping it down, it was bringing the fabric of society back together, which he tore apart, ripped apart by going leaders. senior sunni think, and i should also add, nobody understands the frustrations of forever wars more than the individual that commanded both of them at their peak and spend nearly seven of my last 10 years in uniform deployed, and who wrote more letters of condolence to america's mothers and fathers than anybody el

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if you sort of except those, a policy follows up and it would indicate that you, as ryan crocker used to say, you can leave the movie theater, but the movie continues to roll. we found that out the hard way of course after we left, , pull all our combat forces out of iraq, only to find out that several years later we had 55000 troops on the ground. there was an ime that we remove them because we couldn't get a parliamentary approved status of forces agreement, and yet at the end of that administration with 5500 troops on the ground without a parliamentary approval status of forces agreement. on the one who argues that had we left to do 500 troops that would have prevented prime minister modi of iraq from doing what he did, which is basically undo all we achieved during the search together and then sustain for a good three and half years afterward which was not driving the pilot down by 90% and keeping them there was bringing the fabric of society back together, which he tore apart, ripped apart by going after the senior sunni leaders to me being the leader of the shia majority governm

commanders that said you can surge forces, but you can't surge trust and just like ambassador ryan crockeraid, look what we did in pakistan and convincing the pakistani government to support operations against the russians and afghanistan and when we left we pulled the plug on 18-year sales and we kecked their officers out. ? look what we did to the shaw of iran. >> when he came down with cancer, remember the flu that went on. and then we dropped are drop kicked him down and even other examples, going back to vietnam, okay, we'll leave, but we'll provide you all of this military assistance and trust. two years later we changed our mind and cut it off, basically give back the concept if we don't have trust how can we expect in the future that we'll get anybody out there that believes what we'll do? >> thank you. i'm representing kurdistan in washington. i have a question of ambassador leaf and the other guests. while we see the iran aggression in saudi arabia, how much vulnerable saudi arabia and the gulf country. saudi arabia cannot defeat insurgency in four years. so what would be the wis

just like ambassador ryan crocker said, look what we did in pakistan, convincing the pakistani government against the russians in afghanistan. but when the left pulled the plug on the f-16 sales. we kicked their junior officers out of our schools in the state and we kicked their officers out. look what we did to the shah of iran. we convinced him to leave rather than have the civil war. but we can do to cancer, remember the huge -- leading into the country to get catcher treatment and would drop kicked and dad to panama where he was terrified he is when you get sold out by noriega. even other examples going back to vietnam, we said okay we believe that provide you all this military assistance and trust. two years later cover said we change our mind, cut off. effectively giving back the concept if we don't have trust, how can we expect in the future that we're going to a buddy after the police what we're going to do? >> i'm representing party of iranian kurdistan can wash and dry the question of ambassador leaf. why we see aggression saudi arabia -- [inaudible] how much volatile saudi arab