Never mind the other countries working with American ‘advisers ‘ in Syria….
Never mind the American military bosses…(They learn things by reading twitter like everybody else)
Donald Trump is gonna do this with fellow NATO member Turkey….
But after his beatdown from even his own party lawmakers?
He’s gonna slow the withdrawals….
Stay tuned for updates….
President Trump on Sunday said the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria will be “slow & highly coordinated” after facing criticism for what some have described as an abrupt decision to pull out of the war-torn nation.
“I just had a long and productive call with President @RT_Erdogan of Turkey. We discussed ISIS, our mutual involvement in Syria, & the slow & highly coordinated pullout of U.S. troops from the area. After many years they are coming home. We also discussed heavily expanded Trade,” Trump wrote on Twitter….
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In announcing the withdrawal last week, Trump claimed that he was doing so because the U.S. had defeated the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the region.
The decision has also been met with fierce bipartisan criticism from a number of lawmakers, who have disputed Trump’s assertion that ISIS has been defeated in Syria.
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), for example, said Sunday that Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Syria and possibly Afghanistan would “hand victories to our enemies.”
“It’s a very dangerous path to go down, and we shouldn’t be going down it. We ought to make sure that we keep our troops there in order to prevent the establishment of safe havens from those groups that want to attack us,”….