Unless you've been living under a rock, you have heard about President Trump making the decision to pull American troops from Syria.
For more reason than one, this needed to happen. We were only supposed to be in Syria for an extremely short amount of time, which turned into years! Over the course of those years, American blood has been shed when it did not need to be.
A different take! https://t.co/XKnQ6XTF0k
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10, 2019
Let Democrats tell it though, Donald Trump is the antichrist and any casualties from this is 'on his hands.'
....IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY! We went to war under a false & now disproven premise, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. There were NONE! Now we are slowly & carefully bringing our great soldiers & military home. Our focus is on the BIG PICTURE! THE USA IS GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2019
While appearing on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," former national security adviser Susan Rice attacked the president for pulling the troops, stating that his foreign policy is nothing more than "me first."
“It is so much worse than I imagined. Every day a lie, a disparagement, and a trashing of the institutions and the norms that we all believe have held us together. And what is so extraordinary is it is all about him." Rice said, "We talk about foreign policy, and he said his doctrine is America first, but I think we’re seeing it is really me first. And that is how he is governing. Everything is about him.”
She added, “We’re handing over our Kurdish allies to slaughter, and that blood is going to be on Donald Trump’s hands.”
Here is her interview:
However, as Trump Tweeted, we were never meant to be over there long term. He said, "The United States was supposed to be in Syria for 30 days, that was many years ago. We stayed and got deeper and deeper into battle with no aim in sight."
The president added, "I held off this fight for almost 3 years, but it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous Endless Wars, many of them tribal, and bring our soldiers home. WE WILL FIGHT WHERE IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT, AND ONLY FIGHT TO WIN."
....including capturing thousands of ISIS fighters, mostly from Europe. But Europe did not want them back, they said you keep them USA! I said “NO, we did you a great favor and now you want us to hold them in U.S. prisons at tremendous cost. They are yours for trials.” They.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2019
....almost 3 years, but it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous Endless Wars, many of them tribal, and bring our soldiers home. WE WILL FIGHT WHERE IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT, AND ONLY FIGHT TO WIN. Turkey, Europe, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Russia and the Kurds will now have to.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2019
It is time we focused on America and let other countries focus on themselves. We can't hold their hand forever.