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A decidedly bad decision. The Pentagon Inspector General states that there are ~20,000-30,000 active ISIS members today in Iraq/Syria.
Those numbers (whatever they actually are) will balloon after the US pulls out (cuts and runs) due to the propaganda value of driving the Great Satan out.
We were doing just fine with a very small boot-print (~2,200) on the ground. Why leave when US/SOF casualties are very low and enemy casualties are extremely high?
Whatever happened to Trumps "I will not telegraph my intentions to the enemy" military doctrine?
Those numbers (whatever they actually are) will balloon after the US pulls out (cuts and runs) due to the propaganda value of driving the Great Satan out.
We were doing just fine with a very small boot-print (~2,200) on the ground. Why leave when US/SOF casualties are very low and enemy casualties are extremely high?
Whatever happened to Trumps "I will not telegraph my intentions to the enemy" military doctrine?