几分钟前，一小群主要议员计划与唐纳德·特朗普总统讨论美国军队突然从叙利亚北部撤军，129名众议院共和党人打破常规，于周三投票谴责这一决定。
跨党派投票谴责海外指令的举动，显示出压倒性的两党反对，以及特朗普在土耳其对叙利亚库尔德武装采取军事行动之际希望从中东地区撤走人员的挫败感。库尔德人是美国的盟友，美国多年来一直与他们并肩作战，努力从叙利亚铲除伊斯兰国。
这最终投票是354比60，所有的反对票都来自共和党。包括少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡、少数党党鞭史蒂夫·斯卡利斯、共和党大会主席莉兹·切尼、共和党政策委员会主席加里·帕尔默和外交事务委员会最高共和党众议员迈克尔·麦考尔在内的党内最高成员投票支持了这项法案，麦考尔是该委员会民主党主席的共同提案人。
一些投了赞成票的共和党人两党联合决议是由两院民主党和共和党议员组成的小组的一员，他们在白宫就撤军问题与特朗普会面。
但是会议很快就偏离了轨道民主党指责特朗普的“贬损”导致其“崩溃”众议院议长南希·佩洛西后来说，白宫突然取消了原定于周四举行的关于叙利亚局势的全体议员机密简报会。
参议院预计将在不久的将来考虑同样的决议，并敦促特朗普改变方向，因为共和党控制的议院也表达了两党的谴责。投票的确切时间尚不清楚。
立法者也表达了对土耳其实施额外制裁的意愿，一些人表示，白宫实施的制裁力度不够。
该决议指出，美国军队的“突然撤军”将有利于包括叙利亚、伊朗和俄罗斯在内的敌对国家的政府。
唐纳德·特朗普总统10月16日在DC华盛顿白宫东厅与意大利总统塞尔吉奥·马塔雷拉举行的联合新闻发布会上发表讲话。
在众议院投票前的几个小时，特朗普对记者发表讲话，淡化了土耳其入侵叙利亚的行为，并对美国的库尔德盟友表示不满。他的批评来自副总统迈克·彭斯和国务卿麦克·庞贝将于周四会见土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安，讨论可能的停火。
特朗普否认为土耳其在叙利亚的军事行动开“绿灯”，共和党和民主党指责他从该地区撤军。尽管如此，他表示土耳其入侵邻国的决定“并没有让我感到惊讶”，因为埃尔多安“很久以来就想这么做”
特朗普声称，随着美国士兵在土耳其军事进攻中撤离叙利亚，“我们的士兵没有受到伤害。”
“库尔德人现在安全多了。他们知道如何战斗，”他说。“就像我说的，他们不是天使...但是他们和我们一起战斗。”
总统继续说:“他们对土耳其有意见。他们在边境有问题。这不是我们的边界...他们那边有很多沙子。他们可以玩很多沙子。”
然而，国防部一名高级官员告诉记者新闻周刊特朗普断言美国士兵没有受到伤害是不真实的。
129 REPUBLICANS REBUKE TRUMP AS HOUSE VOTES TO CONDEMN PRESIDENT'S SYRIA TROOP WITHDRAWAL
Minutes before a small group of key lawmakers were scheduled to discuss the sudden withdrawal of all U.S. troops from northern Syria with President Donald Trump, 129 House Republicans broke ranks and voted Wednesday to rebuke decision.
The move to cross party lines and vote with Democrats to condemn the overseas directive showed the overwhelming bipartisan opposition and frustration with Trump for wanting to remove personnel from the Middle Eastern region as Turkey takes military action against Syrian Kurdish forces. The Kurds are American allies who the U.S. has fought alongside for years in an effort to eradicate ISIS from Syria.
The final vote was 354-60, with all of the no votes coming from Republicans. Top party members voted for the measure, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney, GOP Policy Committee Chairman Gary Palmer (R-AL) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the top Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee who cosponsored the legislation with the panel's Democratic chairman.
Some of the Republicans who voted for the bipartisan joint resolution were part of that small group consisting of Democratic and GOP lawmakers from both chambers who met with Trump at the White House about the withdrawal.
But the meeting quickly went off the rails, with Democrats accusing a "derogatory" Trump of causing it to implode with a "meltdown." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi later said the White House abruptly canceled an all-member classified briefing on the situation in Syria that was slated for Thursday.
The Senate is expected to consider the same resolution in the near future and urge Trump to reverse course, as the GOP-controlled chamber has also expressed bipartisan condemnation. The exact timing of when a vote would take place is unknown.
Lawmakers have also expressed a willingness to impose additional sanctions on Turkey, with some saying those imposed by the White House were not strong enough.
The resolution states that an "abrupt withdrawal" of U.S. troops will benefit the governments of adversary nations, including Syria, Iran and Russia.
President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with President Sergio Mattarella of Italy in the East Room at the White House October 16 in Washington, DC.
Speaking with reporters in the hours leading up to the House vote, Trump downplayed Turkey's invasion of Syria and railed against the United States' Kurdish allies. His criticism came as Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday to discuss a potential ceasefire.
Trump denied giving Turkey a "green light" for its military operation in Syria, something Republicans and Democrats have accused him of doing by pulling troops from the region. Although, he stated that Turkey's decision to invade its neighboring country "didn't surprise me" because Erdogan has "wanted to do that for a long time."
Trump claimed that as U.S. soldiers are extracted from Syria amid Turkey's military offensive, "our soldiers are not in harm's way."
"The Kurds are much safer now. They know how to fight," he said. "Like I said, they're not angels... but they fought with us."
The president continued: "They have a problem with Turkey. They have a problem at a border. It's not our border... They've got a lot of sand over there. There's a lot of sand that they can play with."
However, a senior Department of Defense official told Newsweek that Trump's assertion that U.S. soldiers were not in harm's way was not true.
