U.S. envoy in fight against Islamic State quits after Syria pullout

[Pedrogaz]

Good riddance. The fewer Neo-cons we have in the administration the better, IMHO. Trump fulfilling his campaign promise to bring troops home where no strategic US interest is at stake. The US are in Syria illegally and if they have any respect for international law, as they say the have, then they should get out and let Russia finish the terrorists off.

[Credo]

What is particularly scary, although not surprising, is that Trump tweeted that he does not know Brett McGurk.   Trump has declared that ISIS is defeated, but he doesn't know the guy who has been in charge of fighting ISIS since 2015.????

[riclag]

 Caliphate is destroyed! Unfortunately ISIS will never disappear! Time to make promises made promises kept ! Smart move,despite what all the TDS'ers spew! America First! IT-2024 PT-2020

 https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/22/the-caliphate-is-destroyed-but-the-islamic-state-lives-on/

[bristolboy]

The thing that's really unfair about the criticism of the withdrawal, is that critics claim he made the decision to withdraw quickly on the spur-of-the-moment without any careful consideration. 

That's simply untrue. Trump completely understood the implications of this and...

hold on just a moment...

Syria war: Trump 'persuaded not to pull out immediately'

US officials say President Trump has been persuaded not to pull the military out of Syria immediately, despite his declaration last week that the US would "be coming out of Syria very soon".

Advisers reportedly convinced him that it could risk a resurgence by the Islamic State (IS) group.

The White House said on Wednesday the US military mission in Syria was coming to a "rapid end".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43644633

 

Oh well. Never mind.