know it's good to see you again so we've got this major middle east policy speech delivered today by mr peo what did you make of it well mr pump aoe already obviously wants to do two things he wants to reassure allies in the region the states that he would call the moderate states israel egypt saudi arabia and some others that the united states is there to stay although it is withdrawing troops troops from syria and secondly he wants to build this alliance for a single purpose that is to exert met maximum pressure as he said several months ago on iran in his speech today pompei or was emphatic that the u.s. is not retreating from the middle east but at the same time he said the syria withdrawal is still going to happen so there is contradicting each other it is contradicting of course but the united states is present in other countries in the region it is present in turkey in iraq in jordan all over the gulf so the united states is there and he and states in the region now know that they are there to stay and possibly that to stay in order to confront iran. i think that this speech was was

know it's good to see you again so we've got this major middle east policy speech delivered today by mr peo what did you make of it well mr pump aoe already obviously wants to do two things he wants to reassure allies in the region the states that he would call the moderate states israel egypt saudi arabia and some others that the united states is there to stay although it is withdrawing troops troops from syria and secondly he wants to build this alliance for a single purpose that is to exert measure maximum pressure as he said several months ago on iran in his speech today pump was emphatic that the u.s. is not retreating from the middle east but he at the same time he said the syrian withdrawal is still going to happen so there is contradicting each other it is contradicting of course but the united states is present in other countries in the region it is present in turkey in iraq in jordan all over the gulf so the united states is there and he and states in the region now know that they are there to stay and possibly that to stay in order to confront iran. i think that this speech was w

personality to be honest with you there's mr trump's strategy there is mr bolton strategy there is mr peo strategy and so far those three don't sound as if they are coordinated and that is the difficulty and so it could be uses the allies if he says everybody in the region it confuses the american city but it gives his supporters that mr trump some party so i think that's the difficulty right and on the ground what could be the implications for the why p.j. with this potential imminent to sell it's about to take place well you know we're going to have to see if the turks decide to make an assault that is i will call it. largely symbolic so they can prove that they do it that's one thing if the turks launch a major assault into the region and. as a consequence another conflict another war if you will along their border to have a major consequence i think in reality that turks trouble is no order the united states i think the church problem is with the russians and the syrians will asked turkey not to do that and i think both of those countries are not interested in having turkey. launch a

i think it's very clear for secretary perform peo former director of the cia what exactly went down here just as it is. quite obvious for his successor mrs hasp all the director of the cia today how riyadh or who in riyadh is responsible for the murder of journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul so all of that knowledge all of the information is available to the secretary of state when he meets his counterparts or when he meets the crown prince and the king of saudi arabia just as he did yesterday by the way when he met the crown prince and i would that be the question is whether he would be using that information the american leverage with the saudis and the him or ickes in order to end those misplaced to say the least those reckless policies carried by riyadh he's in riyadh pump as expected to bring up other sensitive issues many online are hoping that human rights will be among them and he will mohammad has more. well iran and the wars in yemen and syria are expected to be discussed so is the backlash against the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and this opinion piece in the new york times is attracting not so social me

i think for those for his lieutenants peo and bolton and others to try to figure out what message what the message is and as your company guest is saying here. mr han study this is you know this is very. it's very hard to figure out what's going on the united states and there's no doubt about that ok to try and find resolution in the gulf crisis what leverage the united states bring to bear on one saudi arabia and u.a.e. well you know saudi arabia needs the united states alliance and i think the united states is playing. when it's you know it's blowing kisses in saudi arabia it's protected saudi arabia from the shop she is fair to a certain degree by the president saying that it's not clear that the king is involved in ness of course pompei of his message was the people who carried out the murder have to be punished which which. plex a certain amount of pain on the crown prince because it's going to see inside the kingdom it's going to be seen as disloyalty and but on the other hand it is trying to get beyond this relationship there is talk about trying to clean up yemen situation all of these are monstrous undertakings unlikely to be resolved

i think for those for his lieutenants peo and bolton and others to try to figure out what message what the message is and as your company guest is saying here. mr han study this is you know this is very. it's very hard to figure out what's going on the united states and there's no doubt about that ok to try and find resolution in the gulf crisis what leverage the united states bring to bear on when saudi arabia and u.a.e. well you know saudi arabia needs the united states alliance and i think the united states is playing. when it's you know it's blowing kisses in saudi arabia it's protected saudi arabia from the pushup shia fair to a certain degree by the president saying that it's not clear that the king is involved in ness of course pompei of his message was the people who carried out the murder have to be punished which would. plex a certain amount of pain on the crown prince because it's going to see inside the kingdom it's going to be seen as disloyalty and but on the other hand it is trying to get beyond this relationship there is talk about trying to clean up yemen situation all of these are monsters undertakings unlikely to be resolved