gen. allen has the management of the coalition peace. different commanders are in charge of the effort inside and aa separate set are in charge of the train and equip effort. being able to coordinate the diplomatic and military assistance aspects in a coordinated fashion were thrilled when the control we will be essential to success. the president has warned that it will take years for this battle to be one in the region we will have to arm. but without proper recalibration of all we're trying to do i suspect that the fight will prove more longer drawn out they're needs to be. >> thanks. i want us to turn to you 1st. the strategy is fundamentally okay. we just need to recalibrate it. we heard earlier. who would like you to provoke us with your thinking and assessment, you agree or disagree and how you see the snapshot right now where we are. >> a couple things. i think the strategy you heard was very familiar. a coalition. we have a coalition that we will wage this particular conflict by military training of local troops call with some e

gen. general allen went out to discuss with the too that situation and we discussed with them, opening up a corridor for turkey for the kurdish to come in. that was a success. we built from there. we trained with them on the moderate opposition. there is a way to go but we've had good cooperation with turkey. they had an election, so our discussion slowed down a bit. then it was likely about three weeks ago where the talks accelerated, and turkey agreed to open up their bases for our aircraft to strike i.s.i.s. targets in syria and iraq with turkish f-16s flying alongside with us. some of the details of this have to be worked out. i'm just coming from a meeting at the pentagon with secretary kerry and secretary carter and also general austin general breedlove about coordinating. this we have a team in turkey on the ground and will move fast but we have details to work out. >> rose: you mentioned the p.k.k. what role did they play? >> it's interesting. a lot of this seems to be intertangled. it's actually not if you step back and do the time line. we preached the preliminary agreement with