1. Here's a good example of the disconnect between the political rhetoric regarding "endless wars," which @realDonaldTrump & @JoeBiden regularly denounce, and the president's own actions. Yesterday, Trump defended the "low level" American presence in Iraq: 
2. There's an obvious problem here. On the one hand, Trump & Biden blast the "endless wars" & say America has to "end" them. (Wars don't typically "end" - they are won or lost, or are fought indefinitely as insurgencies.) But on the other hand, Trump doesn't withdraw all forces.
3. No one has more power to "end" America's presence in the post-9/11 conflicts than the president. If the "endless wars" can be unilaterally ended by the U.S., as the rhetoric implies, then who is at fault for keeping them going?
4. So if Trump or Biden think America shouldn't have a presence at all in Iraq, Syria, or Afghanistan, then act that way. And if they are going to defend a "low level" presence in these countries for now, then they should do so. But they can't have it both ways.
