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I totally agree with President Trump’s decision. My reason: The ISIS caliphate destroyed the WW1 state borders between Syria and Iraq (maybe Jordan) and now that it is defeated there is a power vacuum as to how this territory is going to be divided up. The WW1 borders were imposed by European victors after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. I do not think that the USA stands to gain anything getting into a border war to redraw new maps. We have given the Kurds millions and trained their fighters. They still have our economic support and probably military should Turkey try to invade their homeland. The fight now is for the land inbetween Turkey, Iraq and the Kurds. They need to decide what that will be as only they can ultimately defend it. We have removed ISIS, now they need to settle this among themselves. The President has set parameters to protect the Kurds homeland. It is not in the USA’s interest to determine where the national borders should be. The Europeans did that and it caused the west to be involved in endless conflict. We should not fall into the same trap.

Yeah, I don’t know. I can see both sides on this.

I really don’t care about anyone in the ME except Israel and the Kurds.

Turkey is not our friend, either.

And the Kurds have plenty of issues, depending on which group you are talking about.

We should never have gone to Syria, but once you are there, you should follow through.

I defer to the CIC on this, but I’m not going to say Lindsey Graham is all wet.

What Congress needs to do is declare War. Otherwise, get out of the way of the CIC.