land just so you understand they didn't help us in the 2nd world war they didn't help us with north normandy as an example american presidents have used the kurds both in iraq and syria and so on for the political games and then lost interest i think was very little trump is trying to square the circle of agreeing to let part of the world with whom he'd like to have good relations pursue some of his goals were owed causing a public scandal by having large numbers of civilian casualties the risk of course is that civilians both in northern syria and even on the turkish side of the border will get caught in the crossfire and then trump will feel that he has to show that he's condemning that and he will as he mentioned he may then try to use you cannot pressure on turkey but this is going to be part of the destabilizing aspect of transform policy as i think for mr lavrov said yesterday even if you as the russians too would like we americans to withdraw from syria they don't want it done in a frivolous unpredictable destabilizing way and the problem with president trump swinging wildly from appa

they didn't help us in the 2nd world war they didn't help us with north normandy and accused of abandoning his kurdish allies the u.s. president says he sees it differently. and this is al jazeera also coming up. 2 people have been killed in germany and what is now being treated as an attack. and why. national day taiwan's leader rejects any one country 2 systems formula with beijing. turkey's military offensive against u.s. allied kurdish forces in northeast syria has entered its 2nd day the military says it's had 181 terrorist positions so far the operation began late wednesday afternoon with aerial an artillery bombardment hours later turkish ground forces crossed into northern syria from 3 entry points talking calls the kaddish forces who control the area terrorists present out one says the operation will prevent the creation of a terror corridor all across turkey southern border the opposition syrian democratic forces say the offensive has caused panic and residents are fleeing their homes adding to fears of a new humanitarian crisis the international community has condemned and chari

american role in the ration and when i finished the third volume, i went through north africa and western europe in normandy, thinking about what to do, that campaign in the mediterranean into europe from i just didn't have the heart for it. i've been thinking for a long time about what it is i really wanted to do and as a narrative writer, the boys had a fascination since i was a kid. so i'm one third of the way in from what i hoped would be another trilogy. this one is a history of the revolution from both the american side and the british side. >> why do you say it's more important now than ever? >> when we look at the resolution, we are trying to figure out who we are, who we come from. we are trying to understand if anybody can themselves. what are they dying for? what is that all about? it seems to me that this day, in a moment when the country is with the most practice in politics that you and i can remember, trying to understand the first to come out of the revolution at the beginning of the republican, it's important to remind us of who we are and what people are willing to die for. >> from your bo

europe and world war ii and when i finished third volume having gone through north africa and western europe beginning in normandy thinking about what to do next the obvious thing was due for that campaign whati've done for western europe . i just didn't have a heart for it in part because i would have had to start the war over again at pearl harbor even earlier. i've been thinking for a long time about what was i want to do as a historian and a narrative writer and i've always had a fascination since i was a kid revolution. topics seem to me to be more important than ever before so that's what i've done . i'm one third of the way into what i will be another trilogy, this one a battle historyof the revolution . told from both the american side and the british side. >> like you say moreimportant now than ever ? >> when we look at the revolution, we're trying to figure out who we are and who we come from . we're trying to understand the most important question that any people can ask themselves which is what were our forebears willing to die forwhat were they willing eto die for? what is that all about ? today in a