12-22-2018, 02:39 PM
There are reasonable arguments for withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan, in my opinion.
And, there are reasonable arguments for keeping a couple thousand maintenance troops deployed indefinitely so that we don't experience another Iraq, whereby the terrorist organization regroups quickly in our absence and we have to deploy even more troops and lose more lives to regain stability in order to protect our own national security.
In any case, what is dangerous and unreasonable, in my opinion, is a withdrawal announcement being issued via Twitter, without advance notice to allies who have been aiding the U.S. for years.
I find that sudden Twitter withdrawal strategy extremely dishonorable and disrespectful. It's beyond foolish and a betrayal that may seriously harm the U.S.'s ability to rely on allied assistance in the future.
General Mattis resigned on principle this week. I don't blame him.
And, today I heard that Trump's Special Envoy to defeat ISIS, Brett McGurk, has handed in his resignation as well.
And, there are reasonable arguments for keeping a couple thousand maintenance troops deployed indefinitely so that we don't experience another Iraq, whereby the terrorist organization regroups quickly in our absence and we have to deploy even more troops and lose more lives to regain stability in order to protect our own national security.
In any case, what is dangerous and unreasonable, in my opinion, is a withdrawal announcement being issued via Twitter, without advance notice to allies who have been aiding the U.S. for years.
I find that sudden Twitter withdrawal strategy extremely dishonorable and disrespectful. It's beyond foolish and a betrayal that may seriously harm the U.S.'s ability to rely on allied assistance in the future.
General Mattis resigned on principle this week. I don't blame him.
And, today I heard that Trump's Special Envoy to defeat ISIS, Brett McGurk, has handed in his resignation as well.