Rep. Elissa SlotkinVerified account

This is precisely the lasting damage to our partnerships and national security that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle warned of when the President announced last week that the U.S. would withdraw, and stood by as Turkey advanced into Syria.

Since that announcement, we have seen our partners attacked, ISIS detainees running free, allegations of Turkish-backed fighters executing Kurdish prisoners, and Turkey has fired near U.S. forces in northern Syria in an unacceptable move that goes against multiple agreements.

We are seeing hard fought victories against ISIS in Syria disintegrate, a direct threat to American interests and our ability to counter groups like ISIS in the future from threatening American lives.

This is why the American handshake has to mean something. When we stand with our allies, we build the trust we need to defeat groups like ISIS. But those partners need to know that they can trust us.

Now, our partners are thinking twice about working with us, and instead looking to our adversaries, such as Russia and Iran, for support.