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WITHDRAWN OUT OF WITHOUT ANY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,

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