I'm John Batchew with my colleague Bill Rajo, Senior Fellow Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,

and David Diuda, the FD. Bill, when we had that conversation the other day about all worries come down to Syria,

I've reflected on that ever since. Syria is not the problem. It's Turkey. Do you agree, Bill?

I would agree that Turkey is a major problem, absolutely, but you still have, you know,

how Syria is divided. You still have jihadist factions operating there. The Islamic State

hasn't been defeated. You have a former al-Qaeda branch

running the government. You have, you know, as you mentioned, Turkey growing influence. But you wouldn't

have had the current so-called government in Damascus without Turkish support. So yeah, I can, I would

agree that Turkey has been a major problem with Syria,

but you also, Iran has also been a massive problem there as well. David, what I have is a report

from your colleague, Sinan Shidi. And the F.T. this morning makes it a note that Israel is no

longer sitting on its sovereign border. It's moving in, such as Baccah.

It's moving in such as Gaza, clearing a zone a kilometer deep in Gaza and not leaving.

And in Syria, Golan Heights, but looking at 50 kilometers past Golan Heights, and putting in

new roads and putting in trenches, and it is apparently a whole division in

Syria. Now, this is the new policy out of Jerusalem. I mention all that because Turkey is moving

into those airfields who are intends to. Turkey's arming al-Shera. Turkey is being actively hostile

towards Israel, rhetorically and factually. It denied overflight permission by an Israeli

delegation flying to Baku to negotiate deconfliction with Turkey. What is your measure of the risk

of the IDF in Syria? And is, are the Alawites a threat? As Bill mentions, ISIS is a threat, HTS a threat, or is it the Turkish military, a NATO power up against Israel?

Look, I think there are a lot of threats emanating from Syria or that are emerging in Syria.

When we talk about Syria, I think we're talking about even assuming the best of intentions on the behalf of

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