Gerry Connolly actually said...

How worried should we be about that? And are there countervailing forces that can be looked to to try to redress what is, in fact, happening...

I mean, Syria sends Hafez al-Assad, was the Soviet Union's one client state in the region, and that goes back to 1970.

I would like all of you to have an opportunity if you wish, from the United States point of view, and I worry how much this causes friction ...

None of this is to whitewash real issues, but there is a context here. We want to make Turkey a more stable democratic state.