Tom Malinowski actually said...
I want to stress something that I think is perhaps even more important and that is that this decision by the President not only cleared the way for Turkey to attack the Kurds; it has effectively cleared the way for the Assad regime and the Russians to move back into an even larger area of northeastern Syria.
Context
Malinowski criticizes the President's decision, linking it to increased aggression from Turkey and Russia.
10/22/2019