the return of isis and until they and their proxies go back to where they were before. that s an interesting point. the sanctions don t take. it s not just cease fire and stop. you want them out. well, we want them out. and under this agreement and let s make it clear, the syrian kurds did not agree to allowing turkey to come 20 miles into the syrian kurdish home area. right. and this is never going to work. that s why we re going to continue to push forward. this is a recipe for reigniting isis in that area and around the world. and so we re going full steam ahead with the sanctions proposal. you mentioned senator lindsey graham cosponsoring this with you. he has been complimentary of the cease fire what they say is a cease fire in the public statements. up until this point we know he is a staunch ally of the president do you trust graham
concerned about land grabs in the hundred hours before the key meeting. thanks for being there, nick. really appreciate it. going from there back to the ups. one republican senator mitt romney walked on the senate floor yesterday and really just laid into president trump, offering a scathing rebuke of the cease fire and the president s initial decision to withdraw troops there. the announcement food is portrayed as a victory. it is far from a victory. what we have done to the kurds will stand as a blood stain in the annals of american history. was there more chance for diplomacy? are we so weak and inept diplomat cheh that turkey forced the hand of the united states of america? turkey? senator romney isn t alone in that. the bipartisan effort is under way to slap new sanctions on turkey for invading northern syria. joining me now is one of the senators leading the effort. democratic senator chris van
there are two different verkss. turkey says that the area essentially along all of the borders that syrian kurds currently hold, 20 miles deal are deep has to be withdrawn from by the syrian kurds was as part of the deal they say 100 hours from now when president erdogan meets president putin if it hasn t happened by then they reserve the right to renew offensive with extra aggression. the united states in the best explanation they could give about how the cease fire would work with the syria enjoy james jeffrey said it s about territory that terpt the turks control not the smaller area between the two towns heavily fought over and frankly if the turks control it there is nothing for the syrian kurds to withdraw from because they re out. a lot of confusion how this works. and turkey feeling any got pretty much everything out of it they can. the u.s. very self-congratulatory. the syrian kurds not necessarily going along with the withdrawal going are but going along with the cease fire a
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will stick with you on this and push this over the line? because one can safely assume the white house is not looking to have to deal with your sanctions bill landing on the president s desk right now. well, what i trust is that republican senators like mitt romney who you just heard, lindsey graham are furious about the president s betrayal of our syrian kurdish allies, who at a time when turkey allowing isis fighters to transit its territory years ago and allowed isis to grow in strength it was the syrian kurds joining us in the fight. they re furious about in just as military leaders are. we just heard the former head of american special forepersons in the region, admiral mcraven say this was a total betrayal. i do believe on this issue you have republicans also up in arms against what the president has done because it s a portrayal of