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There is a national security strategy behind Trump’s withdrawal from Syria.

You may not like it (neocons). You may doubt it will work (Beltway “experts”). Or you may just hate Trump (Dems).

But there is a plan.

Here it is...
Remember: We‘re in Syria to keep ISIS at a low boil, to minimize the terror threat.

Not to counter Iran. Or Russia.
(We can do that by simply withdrawing. More on that in a bit.)

Trump is thus asking: Can we leverage Iran, Russia, & Turkey to kill ISIS & achieve our goal?

Yes.
All nations involved — Russia, Iran, Turkey, & Syria — want ISIS dead.

But that’s where their alliances & shared goals end.

Russia & Iran have long been at odds w/ each other, incl who controls Syria.

Russia & Turkey want different things in Damascus too.

It’s a mess.
Trump is thus banking on two things:

1) All parties will attack ISIS / Islamic Sunni radicals (our goal), but

2) Remain so conflicted with each other that the war drags on, costing Turkey, Russia, & Iran major blood & treasure.

It’s their Vietnam.
Will Trump’s gamble work?

Quite possibly yes.

And if it doesn’t — ISIS / Islamic radicals again take root — we’ll work with the Israelis & others to take them out.

We’ve done it before.

We’ll do it again.
Meanwhile, no more money on stupid wars.

No more American men and women putting on a uniform only to come back taking off prosthetic limbs or spiraling into emotional chaos with broken minds.

For what?!

Enough.

America has had enough.
For DC “experts,” no Trump policy will be enough.

They want a democratic Syria, built by gunpoint. Or mass confrontation w/ adversaries.

And that’s why they all hate Trump’s move.

But remember: they’re the same “experts” who sold us the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan.

How smart.
Trump’s strategy has one major casualty: our Kurdish allies & the Syrian Defense Force.

Some are brave soldiers. Others are terrorists.

Some will now die. Others will quickly switch their allegiance to Assad to fight Turkey.

And that’s exactly what Trump and his team expect.
Caught in the fight are the Syrian people & many refugees who have fled to Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, & Europe.

That is a cost created by Obama (Mr. “Red Line”) & Germany’s “Momma Merkel.”

Not Trump.

When nations get tired of fighting, diplomats will talk. People will return
Bottom line: Trump and his team have a credible foreign policy supporting this withdrawal.

We can still kill ISIS.

We can bog down the Russians, Iranians, Turks, & Syrians.

Yes, we lose a Kurdish ally made up of both honorable & terroristic fighters.

But there is a strategy.
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