although i still fight as are still present in the desert in the east. joshua landis is the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma. it joins us live now by skype. thanks very much for being with us. so what do you think the scope would be of any ground evasion by techie? well, it's not clear what this if the sort of invasion will take place. turkey threatened this invasion several months ago and due to american pressure, and i think russian pressure as well, it did not carry it out. this sunday, it bombed 89 different locations in syria and killed at least 30 people, won't it? many more. it's been doing the same thing in iraq, so i, it's not clear that turkey will actually carry through this. it, it wants concessions from the united states. this seems clear to put more pressure on the y p g. it wants also a buffer zone, a 30 kilometer buffer zone along the entire border with syria. that's what air to one said he was going to get. the united states has stopped him from taking it completely. but on your map, you can see where some of those areas ar