Rattling the World

Senator Lindsey Graham said President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria “rattled the world.”  Is this the same world that is constantly complaining about the American military adventures everywhere?

Trump wrote, “Why are we fighting for our enemy, Syria, by staying killing ISIS for them, Russia, Iran & other locals? Time to focus on our Country bring our youth back home where they belong!”

U.S. lawmakers said the decision leaves Syria’s future in the hands of Russia and Iran, allies of President Bashar al-Assad whose intervention averted his potential defeat in a conflict that started more than seven years ago.

Bob Menendez of New Jersey, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said the decision helped Iran and Russia and undermined Israel. And he said the decision to abandon the Kurds who fought alongside U.S. troops would have global implications.

The Kurds think this will let the Turks in.

France's foreign ministry said: "In the coming weeks, France will endeavor to ensure the security of all U.S. partners, including the Syrian Democratic Forces," a ministry spokesperson said in a media briefing Thursday. "The United States must take the protection of the populations of northeastern Syria and the stability of this area into consideration in order to avoid any further humanitarian tragedies and any return by the terrorists."

The WashPo called it a "betrayal" and wrote those "who joined the SDF feel a sense of “shame” at having aligned with a power that is now abandoning them..."

How can this be? Does this mean that after all the criticism the Americans were doing some good there? And will this be worse than Obama's widely acclaimed withdrawal from Iraq?