Good time to exit Syria

President Trump has been talking about a US withdrawal from Syria for three years. He got a tad closer with an ambiguous statement the US is vacating a stretch of northern Syria so Turkey can engage Kurdish rebels on Turkey's doorstep. It's unclear if any US soldiers will be removed outright from Syria or just relocated further south, as clarity is never present in anything Trump says or does. He even ludicrously stated that if Turkey did "anything off limits"... he'd "totally destroy and obliterate Turkeys's economy".

The DC war party, including nearly every biggie in the Republican and Democratic parties, has gone berserk over the proposed move, trotting out three doomsday scenarios. Their main concern? Our abandonment of the Kurds will force them to align with our 'adversaries' Syria, Russia and Iran. That would be a good thing as it would remove one more impediment to a US withdrawal. A second reason is concern for the Kurds. Trump's opponents don't care a whit about the Kurds who they claim will now be slaughtered. If they're so protective of about human life, why do they keep funding our criminal wars all over the region killing untold thousands every year. Reason three is the old bugaboo ISIS. This is their fallback defense of US forever wars in the Middle East. When all else fails, dredge up the dreaded four letters ISIS to maintain the endless war franchise.

Please, Uncle Sam, get out of Syria today. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.