war crimes. turkey invaded a sovereign country. at this point the worst thing turkey has suffered through is a visit from mike pompeo and vice president pence. the fact that these sanctions aren't going forward really just green lights turkey doing more of the same. we are not punishing them for the egregious acts they've committed to date by keeping these sanctions on, which opens the door to continue this bad behavior. the president has said the kurds are safe. the kurds are not safe. turkey is in syrian territory closer to the kurds and they have suffered no real punishment for their actions. i am deeply concerned this will send a message that they can literally get away with murder and the president of the united states is willing to lift sanctions. >> one thing that stuck out to me is when the president says that turkey is essentially in charge of handling isis. >> the u.s. is basically washing its hands clean of this and stepping back and handing over