“Sure, we could sit back while the Russians, Syrians, Free Syrian Army, PKK Kurds, YPK Kurds, Al Nusra, Turks, and 50 some odd militias shoot it out and maybe once in a while shoot at ISIS.”
We know best?
This would seem to be the same neocon interventionism that Trump campaigned against...in other words, HRC’s foreign policy.
I don’t see how it can turn out well in Syria, just as it didn’t turn out well anywhere else in the ME.
SMH.
Long and loud, Trump has stated emphatically that he would destroy ISIS.
You must have missed the parts of the campaign where Trump promised to destroy ISIS. This plan was being worked prior to his taking office. After the election, he could have said, “No, I’m not going to destroy ISIS. That’s not my policy. That’s a neo-con one. I’m going to partner with Putin and wait until he finally starts to attack ISIS.” Or he could go after ISIS at their center of gravity destroying their image in the Muslim world as invincible force. Fortunately, he and the incoming military leadership, like SECDEF Mattis, strengthened the plan and are going in for the kill. People can whine, worry, and wet the bed all they want as if that’s a superior way to destroy an enemy. But when this ends in a few months ISIS will be destroyed as a Calipahate and a organization that owns ground. And POTUS will have kept a promise.