Collateral damage to civilians is the best possible outcome when you're dealing with a war situation. I'd like to point to that conference, though, that Tony was speaking at and point to Syria's absence. There were no representatives from the Kurdish government or the Kurdish military present there. This is the second conference that they've had where, frankly, they have completely omitted the people who are on the ground in Iraq as well as in Syria who have been most effective in fighting ISIS on the ground. They essentially have been our ground troops. And the fact that they were not invited the first time, and now the Second time just goes to show how flawed this … (04:54–05:13)
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Asserts that Kurdish representatives were absent from a coalition conference against ISIS, despite their effectiveness in fighting ISIS.
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