{"id":46711,"date":"2019-11-01T16:22:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T16:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/01\/mcconnell-warns-on-turkey-sanctions-after-house-passes-tough-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:00:07","slug":"mcconnell-warns-on-turkey-sanctions-after-house-passes-tough-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/11\/01\/mcconnell-warns-on-turkey-sanctions-after-house-passes-tough-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell urges caution on Turkey sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 Amid a bipartisan call for the Senate to take up a Turkey sanctions bill that overwhelmingly passed the House this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has doubled down on his opposition to broad action against the NATO ally, warning it might cause economic damage and alienate the Turkish people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sanctions bill the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/10\/29\/bipartisan-house-oks-bill-hitting-turkey-for-syria-incursion\/\" target=\"_blank\">passed<\/a> Tuesday in a vote of 403-16 is one of several measures under consideration to punish Turkey for its incursion into northeastern Syria and attacks on Kurdish fighters, whom the U.S. supported to fight the Islamic State group. Those bills and the House\u2019s passage of a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide are the latest signs of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/10\/30\/us-turkey-alliance-in-downward-spiral-as-congress-mulls-sanctions\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S.-Turkey relationship in crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve spoken at length about my concerns on Turkey\u2019s incursion and my opposition to withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria, but I believe we need to be guided by our strategic interests, not emotions, as we seek to contain the damage of Turkey\u2019s incursion, peel Ankara away from Moscow and urge better behavior abroad by Erdogan\u2019s government,\u201d McConnell, R-Ky., said in a Senate floor speech Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hope we will carefully examine whether a broad mandatory sanctions bill is really the best solution,\u201d he added, echoing a speech he made Oct. 22, before the House passed its bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell suggested that broad sanctions on Turkey \u2015 which is experiencing a surge in anti-American sentiment and is the European Union\u2019s fifth-largest trading partner \u2015 might backfire. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is widely seen as drifting away from the United States, instead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/turkey-increasingly-looks-russia-iran-protect-its-interests-n971571\" target=_blank>finding common ground with Russia and Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2019\/07\/17\/turkey-officially-kicked-out-of-f-35-program\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1052110464.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Turkey officially kicked out of F-35 program, costing US half a billion dollars<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">&quot;The F-35 cannot coexist with a Russian intelligence collection platform that will be used to learn about its advanced capabilities,&quot; the White House said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A key gatekeeper for what legislation reaches the Senate floor, McConnell has both practical and political considerations. While several members of McConnell\u2019s caucus are seeking some sort of rebuke to Turkey, he has mostly resisted legislation that might embarrass President Donald Trump. Trump\u2019s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria was criticized as a green light for the Turkish incursion, and Trump is set to host Erdogan at the White House on Nov. 13 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/10\/23\/trump-lifts-turkey-sanctions-declares-victory-for-american-troops-after-new-ceasefire-agreement-in-syria\/\" target=_blank>threatening and then withdrawing his own sanctions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House-passed bill, from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and ranking member Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, would bar most U.S. weapons sales to Turkey and slap sanctions on foreigners attempting to send the Turks military equipment. It would also block high-ranking Turkish officials from their assets in the U.S. and restrict their travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill its meant to incentivize Turkey to comply with its cease-fire with the Syrian Kurds, as it allows Trump to waive sanctions if Turkey halts its attacks against groups in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The authors of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/10\/14\/us-congress-mulls-arms-export-ban-on-turkey-for-incursion-into-syria\/\" target=_blank>one of the Senate\u2019s sanctions bills<\/a>, Sens. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., have been campaigning, amid uncertainty about their measure, for the upper chamber to take up the House bill. \u201cWe are pushing very hard to get a vote in the United States Senate on a bill that would impose sanctions on Turkey for its attacks on the Syrian Kurds,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/468291-van-hollen-urges-senate-to-take-up-house-passed-turkey-sanctions-bill\" target=_blank>The Hill quoted Van Hollen as saying Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, has sponsored a bill with the committee\u2019s top Democrat, Sen. Bob Menendez, which he speculated would get a near-unanimous vote in committee. Risch this week, however, did not commit to take up either bill in his committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2019\/10\/28\/turkey-russia-in-advanced-talks-on-potential-su-35-jet-deal\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/russia-syria-2917.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Turkey, Russia in negotiations for potential Su-35 jet deal<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">If penned, an Su-35 deal will be Turkey\u2019s second major purchase of weapons systems from Russia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers other than McConnell have expressed skepticism about sanctions, including two members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said sanctions \u201ccould give Congress the sense that it has done something without actually changing the reality on the ground,\u201d and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2019\/10\/14\/rand_paul_we_should_push_back_on_turkey_but_not_push_back_with_war.html\" target=_blank>told Fox News Radio<\/a> he supports withholding arms sales to Turkey but argued sanctions \u201churt people\u201d and could \u201cturn the people against America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell said he is open to sanctions legislation of some sort, but that the Senate\u2019s Banking and Finance committees must be involved. On Thursday, he said he wants more input from allies and more information about the potential impact on the economies of Turkey, the U.S., Europe, and their \u201cworkers and job creators.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBefore using these kind of policy tools, the kind we use against Iran and North Korea against a democracy of 80 million people, we should consider the political impact that blunt sanctions will have on the Turkish people,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cWill sanctions rally them to our cause or to Erdogan\u2019s? Will more targeted sanctions perhaps avoid some of these unintended consequences?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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