Withdrawing from Afghanistan and Syria, the latter in “victory” and the former in de facto defeat, are both defensible decisions (although Afghanistan more so than Syria). Is that the extent of Trump’s plan, though, or is this part of a broad isolationist turn that’s going to lead him to withdraw from overseas bases too like South Korea and Germany? Maybe Mattis sees the writing on the wall and doesn’t want to be remembered as the SecDef who oversaw the Grand Retreat. Or maybe he and Trump are just tired of dealing with each other. via hotair.com
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