of admitted there is no military solution to syria and that there s no military solution to afghanistan. i think the burden should be on general mattis and those who want to stay forever. the burden is on them to say if there s no military solution, why are we still sending more military? syria is an absolute mess. one lesson from syria is that we need more diplomacy and need more talks with russia. if you re not willing to talk to russia, russia is a big player in syria and has been for decades, is not going anywhere. if we don t talk to russia, we ll never find a peaceful solution to the syria mess. a major position for people who oppose the president s announcement is not just the withdrawal of u.s. troops but the way it s being done, unilaterally, without consultation. here is the thing, jake take a listen to what the
of admitted there is no military solution to syria and that there s no military solution to afghanistan. i think it s the opposite. i think the burden should be on general mattis and those who want to stay forever. the burden is on them to say if there s no military solution, why are we still sending more military? syria is an absolute mess. one lesson from syria is that we need more diplomacy and need more conversations with russia. we ve made it toxic for anybody to talk to russia. if you re not willing to talk to russia, russia is a big player in syria and has been for decades, is not going anywhere. if we don t talk to russia, we ll never find a peaceful solution to the syria mess. a major position for people who oppose the president s announcement is not just the withdrawal of u.s. troops but the way it s being done, unilaterally, without little consultation with experts about it. i want you to take a listen here is the thing, jake take a listen to what the former top di
now, with a more marginal troop increase as the president seems to be talking about, i don t know how it forces the taliban into a better negotiating position. there s a lot we don t know about this policy, but i think the conclusion is that we are in something of a forever war in afghanistan. a commitment to be to have a u.s. presence there for a long period of time to kind of keep the lid on it and keep the lid on the region. john, kirby, she said something i want to get the lid on. obviously you don t want to telegraph the enemy your time line, troop movements, that makes sense. but what about telling americans what they re in for? is what they re estimating to? what s the balance there with how much information the president is supposed to offer up in an announcement like that? the cutoff is strategy versus operations. american people have a right to know what you re trying to do. but they don t have a right to