abandoning the syrian kurds who have fought so valiantly for the u.s.? now it seems if the u.s. is hanging them out to dry. being betrayed by those who help them. i just wonder where his u.s. credibility in the region, both its friends and his adversaries after abandoning the kurds again? tucker: would love to tell you it was just a lefty hacks on cnn demanding that we stay in syria forever, but unfortunately it was not, not even close. a ton of republicans on capitol hill made exactly the same point. mitt romney did, so did pat toomey of pennsylvania, ben sasse of nebraska. even mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader. all of them seemed far and we are about the prospect of leaving syria than they ever do about illegal immigration or americans dying of sentinel ods. some of the angry senators cited vladimir putin as if it were somehow 1982 again and russia was the preeminent threat to american interests. the professional neocons, not