STEVE, THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR
CREW, MOLLY.
>> FOR MORE ON THIS WE TURN TO
FOX NEWS STRATEGIC ANALYST AND
CHAIRMAN, RETIRED FOUR STAR
GENERAL JACK KEANE.
YOU DID NOT WANT TO SEE THIS
OCCUR, NOW THAT WE ARE WATCHING
WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE ON THE
GROUND, YOUR THOUGHTS AND WE
ALSO HAVE A MAP THAT MIGHT HELP
YOU EXPLAIN YOUR THOUGHTS AT
THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> YEAH, CERTAINLY I WAS VERY
DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT TOOK PLACE
HERE AND WE HAVE ENUMERATED THAT
FOR THE LAST WEEK OR SO, WHERE
ARE WE NOW, YOU CAN SEE ON THE
MAP THERE, THAT'S THE SO-CALLED
SAFE ZONE, BUFFER ZONE, RIGHT UP
BY THE TURKISH SYRIAN BORDER AND
THE TWO TOWNS THAT YOU HAVE
LISTED THERE, ARE THE TWO TOWNS
THAT THE KURDS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
WITHDRAWN OUT OF WITHOUT ANY
INTERFERENCE FROM THE TURKS,
WHAT THE SYRIAN KURDS DO NOT
WANT TO DO THROUGH THE ENTIRE
SWATH OF YELLOW THERE, PULL
EVERYBODY OUT OF THERE BECAUSE
THAT'S THEIR HOMES, THAT'S WHERE
THEY WORK, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE THERE AND MOST
POLICYMAKERS WOULD DEFINE THAT
AS ETHNIC CLEANSING AND I THINK
THE UNITED STATES AND OTHERS
WILL PUSH BACK ON THE TURKS, BUT
THE PRESIDENT DESERVES SOME
CREDIT HERE, THE SANCTIONS ON
ERDOGAN HAVE IMPACT, WE GOT A
CEASE FIRE, SEEMS TO BE DONE
FAIRLY WELL GIVEN CEASE FIRES IN
SYRIAN ARE NOTORIOUSLY BAD.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO US, WE
WILL GO BACK TO NEGOTIATING THAT
YELLOW AREA ON THE MAP AS THE
BUFFER ZONE AND WHAT ACTUALLY
MOVES SOUTH AND WHAT STAYS IN
PLACE AND LET'S NOT USE GUNS TO
DO THAT.
I'M HOPING THAT'S WHERE WE ARE,
THE SECOND THING IS THE UNITED
STATES HAS ALREADY MADE A
DECISION TO KEEP SOME TROOPS IN
SYRIA IN THE SOUTH AT A BASE AND
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT
POLICYMAKERS ARE RECONSIDERING
ARE THERE OTHER PLACES THAT WE
MAY, INDEED, HAVE TO KEEP SOME
TROOPS IN SYRIA OVER BY THE IRAQ
BORDER OR IN SOUTHERN SYRIA AS
WELL FOR TWO REASONS, ONE TO
KEEP THE FOOT ON THE THROAT OF
THE KURDS, ON ISIS, 15,000 IN
THE AREA AND 2 TO MAKE CERTAIN
THAT THE IRANIANS DON'T CEASE
OIL FIELDS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP, THE
PURPLE AREA IS WHERE THE UNITED
STATES COALITION FORCES ARE
CONTROLLING EASTERN SYRIA, UP
UNTIL ERDOGAN'S OPERATION
INCLUDED THE YELLOW AREA IN THE
TOP. OIL FIELDS ARE SOMEWHAT
DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAP,
70% ARE OUR UNDER CONTROL, THE
RED ON THE MAP IS THE IRANIANS,
THEY'RE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
VALLEY AND IF WE PULL OUT OF
THERE AND GIVE UP AIR SPACE
CONTROL, THEY WILL CEASE THE OIL
FIELDS.
>> YOU COVERED ENORMOUS AMOUNT
OF GROUND THERE THAT CONCERNS
ETHNIC CLEANSING, THE BUFFER
ZONE WHERE MANY KURDISH PEOPLE
HAVE LIVED FOR GENERATIONS, BUT
SORT OF EXPRESSED THAT PERHAPS,
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT
ARE NOT THE WORST EVER THAT YOU
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OPTIMISM,
THIS IS SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM
ON SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES WHO
ALSO EXPRESSED THAT MAYBE
SOMETHING GOOD MIGHT COME OUT OF
THIS, TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I'M INCREASINGLY OPTIMISTIC
THAT WE CAN HAVE HISTORIC
SOLUTIONS IN SYRIA THAT HAVE
ALLUDED US FOR YEARS IF WE PLAY
OUR CARDS RIGHT.
I BLAME ERDOGAN FOR THE INVASION
AND NOT TRUMP.
>> WE ARE WHERE WE ARE, DO YOU
SHARE THE SENSE OF OPTIMISM?
>> I BELIEVE THE CEASE FIRE HAS
GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY,
POLICYMAKERS TO TAKE A DEEP
BREATH HERE AND CONSIDER
IMPLICATIONS AND RESET THE TABLE
AND THAT'S WHAT SENATOR GRAHAM
IS SAYING, I TALKED TO HIM 2 TO
4 TIMES A DAY TO BE FRANK ABOUT
IT.
WHAT I'M HOPING THAT WE DO LEAVE
SOME PRESENCE OF FORCES IN SYRIA
WORKING WITH THE SYRIAN KURDS
AND THE ARABS AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF
ISIS AND PROTECTING THE OIL
FIELDS AND THE ADMINISTRATION IS
LOOKING AT, WELL, THOSE OIL
FIELDS, LET'S TRY TO GET THE
REVENUE AND RETURN THEM TO THE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN THE FIGHT AND PROTECTING
THEM.
>> INCREDIBLE BY DIFFICULT
SITUATION, GENERAL KEANE,
SOMETHING ELSE TO WATCH MEETING