His national security team had been trying to box him in like every other president. But Trump called their bluff. The story shows how Trump gained the upper hand on the strong military bureacracy and advisers who wanted to keep the status quo in Syria. Key points: Ever since Vietnam the generals have had the upper hand in decisions about war zone deployments. Trump signaled long ago he was opposed to a permanent deployment of troops in Syria and gave generals the order to destroy ISIS within six months. National security team purposely did their planning and presented the...