'Disaster in the making': Lawmakers from both parties denounced Trump's decision to allow Turkey to invade northern Syria and potentially wipe out U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters
“A precipitous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria would only benefit Russia, Iran, and the Assad regime,” and would “increase the risk” of reorganization by ISIS and other terrorist groups, the Senate leader said.
“I‘m not siding with anybody,“ he replied when asked why he was siding with “an authoritarian leader and not our Kurdish allies.“ “I can also name many more than you just named of people that totally are supportive. You see the names coming out. People are extremely thrilled,“ he said, though he did not provide any of those names.
Sen. Pat Toomey said in a statement that Trump's directive could produce war between Turkish and Kurdish forces, “poses a significant threat” to America's national security and “risks reversing the progress made in the region to destroy ISIS.” The president, Toomey implored, “should rethink this decision immediately.”: “This decision ignores lesson of 9/11. Terrorists thousands of miles away can and will use their safe-havens to launch attacks against America.
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