I really get a kick out of the Trump bashers on this forum.
Ok, so you’re in favor of us sending our troops in to confront Russia.
Once we pulled, our influence and whatever we gained there was gone. We could have been a stabilizing force, for years, but we pulled out....
Now there are no good options....NONE. Putin sees that. He has 150,000 troops there to link up with Iran, and to take over the whole region.
We screwed up, and I can’t see one of our soldiers staying there. Obama better pull out the remaining people there now in Iraq, or build our forces up there now, but to leave a hand full there, and fly a few sorties... is looking for trouble.
Putin knows that Obama will do nothing. And frankly, no one else can either for now.
Your premise is wrong here, and you've gone off from my point besides.