"I think it is very important then to have this transparency and this humanitarian access because I do not think anything good is going to come from this--anything at all."
"the risks of secondary sanctions and what it means to materially support the Assad regime"
"isn't that fundamental norm of American leadership and American influence challenged and weakened dramatically?"
"This is an unforced error. We saw northeast Syria stable, our costs and our casualties contained, ISIS in prison camps, and the Kurds who guarded them in prison camps and who are allies safe."
"Our withdrawal from Syria creates dangerous breathing room for ISIS elements in the region, which can ultimately endanger American families back home from terrorist safe havens overseas."
"I was deeply disappointed by the Administration's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northeastern Syria and effectively green light a Turkish incursion, putting our Kurdish allies at great peril."
"How many Syrians must be killed until we take action to stop this killing machine?"
"In a single stroke, we have, sadly, undermined U.S. credibility everywhere."
"It seems to me the only real winners of our withdrawal are Russia, Iran, Turkey, and the Assad regime, in addition to the ISIS terrorists."
"How could we stand by while a brutal authoritarian regime massacres its people indiscriminately? How can we talk of red lines?"
"Now, it is well known that President Trump does not like to read, but I wish that he had skimmed the executive summary of your report before his recent phone call with Turkish President Erdogan."