the islamic state and largely rolled them back. obviously, some pockets that concern officials at the pentagon. ali, i think the most significant development at least since this morning and this afternoon is the reaction from senate republicans. that quote you just read from mitch mcconnell, majority leader, amounts to a stinging review from mcconnell. lindsay graham being quite critical. bipartisan coalitions coming together and almost seems like they re trying to do what the president is simply unwilling to do and that is force and try to pressure the turks into not entering the territorial integrity of syria. there s talk of sanctions. there s all kinds of conversations taking place on capitol hill. and in general, there s frustration among republicans with not only how the president announced this late at night after conversation with erdogan but the overall substance of the announcement and that is, abandoning partners that were
a lot of people concerned that the kurds, who populate that area, were very helpful in the u.s. fight against isis but the tucks don turks see the kurds connected with a terrorist group inside of turkey that the turks don t like. even mitch mcconnell came out and say this is problematic. i ll read to you what he said. a precipitous withdrawal would only benefit the rashad regime, increase the risk of isis and terrorist groups regroup. i urge the president to exercise american leadership to keep together our multinational coalitions to defeat isis and prevent significant conflict between nato ally turkey and counterterrorism partners. in large part, not exclusively but in large part refers to the kurds. the sdf, both kurdish and fighting so valiantly against