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TopicTrump likely to withdraw from Afghanistan
Sativa_Rose
12/21/18 12:15:11 AM
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VictimComplex posted...
s0nicfan posted...
The BBC did a interesting analysis on this, and basically comes to the conclusion that there's no real justification for the troops to remain there. I didn't realize how inconsequential of a force we were talking about until I read it, but we're only talking about 2,000 troops total throughout all of Syria.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46626115

Why did Mattis resign then? He's put up with so many of Trump's boneheaded decisions that if this was inconsequential, he'd have shrugged it off.


The BBC article underestimates the work that still remains to be done to defeat ISIS and doesn't put serious weight on Turkey's ambitions to wipe out the Kurds.
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