cheney condemned the turkish invasion of the kurdish areas in syria, which was made possible by president trump's decision to withdraw us military forces that served as a buffer between turkey and the kurdish areas in syria, stating that "the u.s. is abandoning our ally the kurds, who fought isis (islamic state) on the ground and helped protect the u.s. homeland. this decision aids america’s adversaries, russia, iran, and turkey, and paves the way for a resurgence of isis." cheney partly blamed the democratic party and the impeachment inquiry into trump for turkey's actions, saying “it was not an accident that the turks chose this moment to roll across the border." house speaker nancy pelosi described cheney's claim as "delusional."