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RE: U.S. Troop Pullout from Syria is Not About Ending the War
I'm not a fan of Trump but I think you are twisting his words quite a bit. As far as pulling out of Syria being a cost cutting measure...if that is the goal then it is pretty ineffective. The U.S. budget is driven primarily by social welfare programs. While the military is also a fair sized chunk, Syria alone doesn't amount for a very large percent of the overall U.S. budget. Regardless of the motive, i see it as a positive thing and hopefully Iraq will eventually follow. The countries of the Middle East can continue to destroy each other without help from the U.S.
Yet, the conflict in Syria would have been internal if the US didn't go in to fund and supply the so-called "moderate rebels" turned terrorists.
It was never really only "internal". Regardless, my only point is that getting out is a good thing, whatever the reason. If you are parsing my "destroy each other" phrasing then I'll happily amend that to "destroy each other/themselves". The point remains the same. I'm not really convinced the U.S. has made things worse but they haven't made it better and it's a big waste of lives and money.