'We should in a bipartisan way seek to ... change Turkey's behavior,' Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell said.
"President Trump was definitely out-negotiated and only endorsed the troop withdraw to make it look like we are getting something—but we are not getting something," the official said.
As a result of Trump's decision, Turkey has moved into Syria and targeted the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces , which had been a key U.S. ally in the fight against the Islamic State . Turkey has long been in conflict with the Kurds, and Republican and Democratic lawmakers predicted accurately that Erdogan's forces would target the group. Now the Kurds have
with the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, a foe of the U.S. Hundreds of ISIS affiliates and some ISIS fighters have also escaped from detention camps in the chaos surrounding the Turkish advance.against Turkish officials but continued to defend his decision to withdraw U.S. forces.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the extended meeting with provincial heads of ruling Justice and Development Party in Ankara, Turkey on October 10Swalwell is not the first member of Congress to suggest Turkey could be removed from NATO due to its actions.
"The historical record is that NATO deals with these problems by privately sanctioning the member violating alliance values, but does not officially terminate their membership," Jorge Benitez, an expert on NATO with the Atlantic Council think tank
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