they support lengthy intervention in iraq and afghanistan. 17 years. now that we accomplished our stated mission they are trying to change it to enduring which could mean we ll be there for 17 years. we are not getting a lot of diversity of viewpoint. it s something media people need to make sure they are getting that view point for people who don t believe in endless intervention in syria. howie: it seems liberals need to be restrained on this because barack obama pulled out of iraq, got hammered by the right for it and he shared donald trump s aversion to endless war in these places. phillippe: i don t think this is a high-minded debate about where the u.s. should be deployed. i think congressional republicans which is basically donald trump s fire wall that he has on occasion dared to leave
situational in the media. a tweet yesterday if anyone other than your favorite president announced we would be bringing home troops from syria, you would be prides, but hit hard by the mainstream media. crazy. gillian: what the president i hate doing this, what president trump really meant to say. but he feels he s been unfairly hammered. the obvious reality to anybody who pays attention to military policy is that there is never a good time to withdraw american troops from the midst of an ongoing civil war in another country. but if you don t make the decision. the obvious response from the trump administration should be, this is a hard choice. it s not an obvious choice.
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shutdown. the media has him boxed in. sara: some comparing this to george h.w. bush s read my lips, no new taxes. when you verbally promise something with cameras involved, you have to be ready for pushback. that s what donald trump is facing. howie: the withdrawal of the 2,000 troops in syria was portrayed as a shocker. but trump did say during the campaign that he s opposed to suspended or endless military entanglements overseas. is he up against the military establishment? mollie: it s actually kind of a crisis. you see the stories about pulling back our presence in syria. that is true that a lot of people in the foreign policy establishment all think the same way.
quickly pull all-american troops out of syria leading to deet parture of pentagon chief jim mattis. the president blindsided the secretary of defense, people advising him like general jack keane, as well as his state department. he looks weak and caving in. if that s not a foreign policy disaster. donald trump wags the dog and the world is less safe after the resignation of the last human guardrail. this is exactly what barack obama did. howie: why has this sparked such criticism from the conservative pundits to usually back trump. the beltway was virtually certain mike flynn will serve no jail time. will a federal judge put the