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Syria and withdrawing potentially u.s. troops from afghanistan, that s not just a trump proposal. i mean, it s possible, if a different democrat, not hillary clinton, but if a different democrat were in the white house right now, he or she might be making that proposal. president obama wanted to do it. and this is actually what helps him resonate with a broader swath of the american public, is the fact that a lot of these proposals are simplistic. now, those of us who have worked in policy and frankly those of us who have visited the region in these times of war realize that these are actually very complex issues that affect people on the ground, that affect our allies and affect our national security directly here at home. but to say i want to withdraw troops from syria can be seen as a win. to withdraw from afghanistan could be a political win for him. it is, however, a national security near-on disaster, because there is no planning and no strategy on how to follow it up. i do n ....

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