[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Al Queda (HTS, or Hayat Tarir al Sham) has swept to control of the main remaining rebel area in Syria, while Turkish forces redeployed, preparing to attack the Kurds."

The laws of unintended consequences, it always bites you in the arse. We announce a rapid pullout of Syria, the Turks see an opportunity to wipe out an old foe and re-deploy their forces to attack the Kurds and Al Qada takes advantage of that.

All I'm saying is that if we could have gotten allies in place, be they Saudi Arabia/UAE/French coalition like it appears to be happening or something else and then withdrawn I don't think this happens. No decision made should be made in a vacuum.

[AppyPappy]

Except the Russians are in the mix. With us gone, there will be a lot more Russians.