12-28-2018, 01:47 PM
Trump didn't claim that we have 'nearly defeated ISIS in Syria', or that we have reclaimed 'almost all ISIS's caliphate holdings'. He proclaimed, via tweet, that we have 'defeated ISIS in Syria', period. That contradicts the assessment and description of his military advisers and allied forces.
He had to walk that back and clarified that Turkish President Erdogan promised him Turkey would 'clean up' and 'eradicate' ISIS in Syria.
However, Erdogan is also intent on going after our Kurdish allies in Syria, who are largely responsible for rolling back ISIS on the ground -- that certainly ain't good, in my opinion.
Ref:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-pulling...-is-defeat
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-sa...te-2018-10
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2018/...-in-syria/