Though there remains deep Congressional division over President Trump's Syria actions, a group of Republican US House members are moving forward to introduce sanctions against Turkey in response to its incursion against America's Kurdish partners in northern Syria, at a moment Turkey's army has stepped up air and artillery strikes along a "Border on fire," as reports describe.
Twenty-nine House Republicans have said they would back such a punitive move against the NATO ally, and have introduced legislation toward that end.
Turkey says it has killed hundreds of SDF fighters in the operation and one Turkish soldier has been killed.
Earlier this week Trump ally Lindsey Graham slammed the White House essentially 'green-lighting' Erdogan's offensive, saying it "Will be the biggest mistake of his presidency" if not reversed, amid bipartisan efforts in the Senate to introduce sanctions.
In response Trump appears to have been harsher on warnings issued to Turkey about the scope of its operation, but he also defended his decision-making, saying there remained three choices for US policy.
He tweeted Thursday of these three options: "Send in thousands of troops and win militarily, hit Turkey very hard financially and with sanctions, or mediate a deal between Turkey and the Kurds".
During the campaign even, Trump told the crowd it was time to "Bring our soldiers back home" and further said, "These wars produce only chaos and bloodshed." Pushing back against his hawkish critics, he added, "We're slowly getting out of the Middle East. We're doing it carefully."
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/house-republicans-push-back-turkey-sanctions-trump-says-were-slowly-getting-out-middle
Twenty-nine House Republicans have said they would back such a punitive move against the NATO ally, and have introduced legislation toward that end.
Turkey says it has killed hundreds of SDF fighters in the operation and one Turkish soldier has been killed.
Earlier this week Trump ally Lindsey Graham slammed the White House essentially 'green-lighting' Erdogan's offensive, saying it "Will be the biggest mistake of his presidency" if not reversed, amid bipartisan efforts in the Senate to introduce sanctions.
In response Trump appears to have been harsher on warnings issued to Turkey about the scope of its operation, but he also defended his decision-making, saying there remained three choices for US policy.
He tweeted Thursday of these three options: "Send in thousands of troops and win militarily, hit Turkey very hard financially and with sanctions, or mediate a deal between Turkey and the Kurds".
During the campaign even, Trump told the crowd it was time to "Bring our soldiers back home" and further said, "These wars produce only chaos and bloodshed." Pushing back against his hawkish critics, he added, "We're slowly getting out of the Middle East. We're doing it carefully."
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/house-republicans-push-back-turkey-sanctions-trump-says-were-slowly-getting-out-middle
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