Just for giggles....I went back to the first pages of this thread and began to read the posts.
What stood out was along about post 25-40 or so....where the question was asked..."why is the UK getting into this....why should we be involved in something that will drag out forever....etc...(or words to that effect).
Someone even asked why the UK should be the World's Policeman.
So here we are and as Trump begins to withdraw American Troops he is seen as being wrong.
Anyone care to explain how we have gone from being against any involvement to being against getting un-involved?
A take on all this that is a bit different than the Politico article.
Trump's Syria Withdrawal Policy Is Correct, But Communicated Horribly - The Federalist
For context....when Trump took office the United States had been directly engaged in Afghanistan combat operations for Sixteen Years.
Dubya and Obama each. had eight years to figure out a strategy to get our troops out of there and failed.
Perhaps Trump is not willing to risk another endless war like that?
Our very senior military leadership cannot brag too loud about their successful strategies I would suggest.