Political Quotes

“I disagree with my friend from Kentucky about what may or may not happen. I believe that one thing we agree with him on is that we have not often had well-organized plans in the Middle East. The unique thing about our alliance with the Kurds was that after trying in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other places around the region to find allies who would actually stand up and fight, in the Kurds, we found those allies, and they did a remarkable job dismantling ISIS. Now, the prognostication of the Senator from Kentucky I don't agree with it, but time will tell. The one area, though, and what my legislation would have done and where I am disappointed we were not able to move forward on, is regardless of the changed circumstances that the Assad regime may have in terms of treating people with more respect or the Turkish militias, which we have already seen evidence of their killing of Kurdish fighters, the one group--the one group I think that it is probably safe to say will be the targets of both the Syrians, the Turks--the militias--will be those Kurdish individuals who worked directly for the U.S. military. Even if the prognostication of the Senator from Kentucky plays out on a more macro basis, I don't think anyone with a straight face can say the Kurdish translators, who 2 weeks ago were working for the American forces, will not be victims of--whether it be Turkish, Syrian, Russian, or other--aggression. I think it would have been the right thing.…”