In this article Gen. Joseph L. Votel admits that Assad has already won.
It’s Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), Tillerson and Nikki Haley that say Assad has to go.
The U.S. commanders have said their military mission in Syria remains limited to defeating the Islamic State.
… U.S. troops in Syria were points of contention between Tillerson and Trump, starkly different views about prospects for Assad and the peace process remain within the administration.
In another article:
When our troops were attacked early February, Mattis said: “It was self-defense, we are not getting engaged in the Syrian civil war. We are there to fight Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, that’s what those troops were doing in that position:.
Coordinating strikes against ISIS.”
That last statement is reassuring that we are not fighting the Syrian regime, we are fighting ISIS.
“That last statement is reassuring that we are not fighting the Syrian regime,”
Riiiiigggghhhht.
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