01-01-2019, 01:19 PM
After a lot of warnings and push back from the military and senators, President Trump has walked back his order to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria in 30 days.
That was a reckless order which did not consider the needs of our military or our allies and benefited our opponents.
Military planners say they need about 120 days to carry out a quick but efficient withdrawal. That will afford them time to decide which equipment to move elsewhere in the region, which equipment to leave behind with allies, and which equipment to disable to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Syrian government or Russia or Iran.
National Security Adviser Bolton is reportedly headed to Israel and Turkey next week. Hopefully, the U.S. will not leave the Kurds out to try and Bolton will make clear that Turkey will pay a price if they wage war on the Kurds in Syria. Based on history, I don't have much confidence we'll do the right thing though.
That was a reckless order which did not consider the needs of our military or our allies and benefited our opponents.
Military planners say they need about 120 days to carry out a quick but efficient withdrawal. That will afford them time to decide which equipment to move elsewhere in the region, which equipment to leave behind with allies, and which equipment to disable to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Syrian government or Russia or Iran.
National Security Adviser Bolton is reportedly headed to Israel and Turkey next week. Hopefully, the U.S. will not leave the Kurds out to try and Bolton will make clear that Turkey will pay a price if they wage war on the Kurds in Syria. Based on history, I don't have much confidence we'll do the right thing though.