The New Yorker on whether Trump is actually pivoting to a fight with Iran.
newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…
newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…
The article notes, "Congress has not authorized military action in Syria, nor is there a United Nations mandate permitting the use of force. Nevertheless, over the last three years, the mission has morphed into something more like a conventional ground war."
The article further notes:
In the fall of 2015, when President Barack Obama deployed fifty commandos to advise the Syrian Kurds in their war with the Islamic State, his Administration denied that he was breaking his promise not to put “boots on the ground.”
In the fall of 2015, when President Barack Obama deployed fifty commandos to advise the Syrian Kurds in their war with the Islamic State, his Administration denied that he was breaking his promise not to put “boots on the ground.”
What seems indisputable is that US policy in Syria is pretty sketchy. Congress has the war power. What does it want? One might also note that Congress never approved the Iranian deal either.
