next as to a long time allies are seem to be at odds over a very vital issue author and journalist karen lojka felt who's been specializing in middle east coverage believes that the u.s. has underestimated the conflict between turks and kurds they seem to have not a really good idea of the situation on the ground they overstretched their position and their relations immensely and the situation room you know the relation with the kurdish groups on the other side it's not very stable especially because isis mostly disappeared and they announce it even by themselves the relation with the kurdish groups now is to have a presence in the area to have influence rex tillerson said this very clearly we have influence over thirty percent of the country we have influence over a lot of people there and over the oil fields of syria he made it clear what is interesting interest is not to support the kurds and not really to have a good relation with turkey but to maintain their own regional interest. it's now week since the winter olympics in south korea officially got underway and while there been some touc