[Pollster1]

No American interests?

To the extent we were fighting ISIS, that served an American interest, but that was not the central thrust of the efforts I'm familiar with. Helping anti-Assad forces mainly destabilized Syria and divided Assad's efforts. We had two logical choices: overthrow Assad and pray that turns out better than the Arab Spring did anywhere, or allow Assad free reign to retake his country. The world would have been much better off if we had stayed out of the way and Assad had won quickly.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"The world would have been much better off if we had stayed out of the way and Assad had won quickly."

We never really were in Assads way. I'm not sure why you think this. We've never impeded him in his civil war. Trump's initial inclination on this was correct. Work with the Iraqi government to clear ISIS out of Iraq and put troops in and give support to our one reliable ally in Syria that would fight and kill ISIS, the Kurds. The first part is completely done and the second part is almost done. We need to finish the job and not spike the football on the five yard line.