Trump scales back US goals in Syria, against aides’ advice

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   Paul Sofranac

   April 5, 2018 at 9:03 am — Reply

   Aversion to ‘nation-building or easy way out?
   “If we stay any longer we will in effect be taking sides in a civil war. Up
   until now, we have avoided that because we focused on ISIS,” said Mark
   Cancian, a senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International
   Studies. “It would be a classic example of mission creep, that is, we got
   into the war focused on ISIS, now we’re going to expand what we are doing to
   participate in a civil war and there’s a huge downside.”

   So many words to conceal the fact that we don’t relish pitting our forces
   against the Turks….
   By pulling chalks prematurely, we are not only throwing the Peshmerga Kurds,
   our most reliable partners in the region under the bus, but are de-facto
   helping the Turks to run rough shot over Syria and denying Kurds their dream
   of reestablishing Kurdistan. Ottoman dreams never die. They just simmer
   along…and this helps put wind in their sails.

   https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-syria/

   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/trumps-syria-decision-shows-healthy-aversion-to-nation-building-experts-say

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