Home Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) mentioned Sunday that underneath President-elect Trump, he believes there’ll “be an assessment as to whether or not” troops at the moment in Syria “should” keep.
“Well, I think, you know, one of the things that Donald Trump will make clear is that any threat to U.S. troops will be unbelievably responded to, so everyone should understand absolutely that the United States’s troops are to be secure,” Turner informed CBS Information’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation” on Sunday.
“The second thing is, is he does absolutely support the Kurds and that he’s going to look for a diplomatic solution. I think [there’ll] be an assessment as to whether or not those — the troops should remain,” he added.
The U.S. at the moment has 900 troops stationed in Syria’s Kurdish-held northeast territory, combating towards a resurgence of ISIS.
Early Sunday, the Syrian authorities fell following the doorway of rebels into the capital of Damascus. The autumn of the federal government marked the top of a 50-year rule of the Assad household in Syria.
The Assad regime’s finish got here after a 10-day offensive by rebels throughout which fighters made their means shortly throughout Syria and took massive parts of what had been government-held land.
Turner mentioned Sunday, following the autumn of the Syrian authorities, that Iran and Russia, two U.S. adversaries, “have been brutal in their support with Assad.”
“The hundreds of thousands of people, including the use of chemical weapons, that have been killed, have been under the Russian influence there,” he added. “Russia still has two bases, a naval and air force base there that are going to be, you know, both at risk for Russia, but also a risk to the population of Syria, because they could — they have been used before to attack the Syrian population.”
Trump mentioned Saturday on Fact Social that “Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!”
