Not to even mention throwing the Kurds under the Bus (again) as well as many other US Allies and those who fought with us that will now BE SLAUGHTERED and all the Territory we fought for regained by ISIS. Plus, the increased threat that it allows Iran to pose to Israel now that they’ll clearly (with Putin’s and Assad’s permission) add Missile batteries along their northern Borders as well as HAMAS bases!

And for the inevitable WHAT ABOUT AFGHANISTAN the trolls will whine about… Go ahead, learn nothing from the difference of failing to occupy after WW1 leading to WW2 and cut and run from Afghanistan and let our allies be slaughtered, give it back to Taliban and Al-Qaeda, and next time it won’t be planes flying into buildings but a dirty bomb killings 100′s of 1,000′s in the streets of NY. and they’ll still have learned nothing then.

You’ll notice there is no hoop and hollar and withdrawal of Troops from SOMOLIA (and a couple ofther African Nations, which have far less overall reach and consequences than abandoning our Allies in Syria). Yes, we have Troops there again and have for some time, but because it isn’t in the News people ignore it as they can’t get a platform to GRANDSTAND over/about it.

Lastly, you should be greatly annoyed by the Folks (One Trick ponies, Broken Records, have only one Arrow in their Quiver, etc…) that love to try and shove VIETNAM (as if it exists solely in a Vacuum, and no matter what the Conflict it somehow has to and only can be discussed within the context of Vietnam) and how that teaches only one lesson and you must draw only one conclusion. One has to examine Military Conflict over, at least, the last 100 years to properly learn any real lessons/conclusions. Neville Chamberlain types are NOT interested in learning anything though, just satisfying their Feelings. If you are NOT willing to stay and WIN (Keep) the Peace after a Conflict, rather than let all the good you did be undone when leaving, then there is zero excuse to bother to enter a Battle in the first place!

It appears Trump learned NOTHING from cut-and-run Obama and Iraq…. Meanwhile libtardtarian, isolationist, wait til we have to fight them in our own streets level fool, Rand Paul is celebrating with the likes of the Mullahs in Tehran, our enemies in Damascus, Putin in Moscow, and every ISIS Terrorist!

 

Let me add though: I HOPE I’M WRONG! However, given this is not exactly the same thing and very unreliable Ally Turkey (Erdogan is duplicitous) is involved it has the potential to actually BE WORSE (and, again, hope I’m wrong about that)! Any/all Military moves/strategy is SPECULATIVE until it actually hits the fan on the ground and you see if your move(s)/strategy pays off. Hind-sight is always 20/20.

 

Related: “SOME” Troop reductions, withdrawals, re-locations, may make sense – see: Trump (as with previous Presidents) demand #NATO Nations own up to their prior committments: /v3/military/2018/2481785.html