-And I'm pleased to report
that in Syria, Turkey,
the border, we only had
28 soldiers, not 50.
We thought it was 50,
and somebody reported 50.
It was actually down to 28
were removed awhile ago.
All American soldiers
are away from the site.
Syria and Turkey may fight.
Syria is friendly
with the Kurds.
The Kurds are very well
protected,
plus they know how to fight.
And, by the way,
they're no angels,
but they were with us.
They are no angels.
But they are fighting.
We are largely out of that area.
We're very well set.
We have quite a contingent
right nearby of soldiers
and of the finest equipment
in the world.
I don't think we'll have
to use it.
So Syria is either negotiating
with or talking to Turkey.
We're also talking to Turkey.
We've put massive sanctions
on Turkey.
Sanctions work, frankly,
better than fighting.
Certainly when you're down
to 28 people,
we're not gonna
be fighting.
We don't want to fight, anyway.
I don't think there's any reason
to from
the United States'
standpoint.
Now, Syria wanting
to take back their land --
that's a whole different story.
If Syria wants to fight
for their land,
that's up to Turkey
and Syria,
as it has been for hundreds
of years they've been fighting.
And the Kurds have been fighting
for hundreds of years.
That whole mess -- it's been
going along for a long time.
Syria may have some help
with Russia, and that's fine.
It's a lot of sand.
They've got a lot of sand
over there,
so there's a lot of sand
that they can play with.
But we were supposed
to be there for 30 days.
We stayed for 10 years, and
it's time for us to come home.
We're not a policing agent,
and it's time for us
to come home.
But we're working with Turkey.
We're working -- we're talking
to everybody in the area,
whatever we can do
to keep it stable
or stabilize it
as much as possible,
knowing that it's possibly
never gonna be very stable.
And we are --
I think we're in a very good
position in the Middle East.
