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TRUMP AGREES TO KEEP US TROOPS IN SYRIA FOR UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME TO…
TRUMP AGREES TO KEEP US TROOPS IN SYRIA FOR UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME TO DEFEAT ISIS
Meeting with national security team
Agreed : keep US troops in Syria
Undertermined period of time
Goal : defeating ISIS
Wasn't happy
James Mattis
Defence Secretary
Fight >< ISIS : almost finish
Complete withdrawal of US forces
Risk
Losing gains
Pentagon
Reduces the number of US forces
Would continue
Trump
wasn't happy
Agreed to give the effort more time
Didn't give a timetable for the end
Donald Trump
X want : long term presence in Syria
Other countries to help fund
Mission in Syria : rapid end
-> Country's reconstruction
ISIS
Almost completely destroyed
Eliminate the small ISIS presence in Syria X eradicate
US : 2000 forces on the ground
White House
Military mission >< ISIS : rapid end
ISIS : being destroyed
ISIS never re-emerges
Later
Trump
Get out US forces of Syria
Bring US troops back home
-> Fight : not finished
Rebuild his nation
X give a timeline for withdrawal (soon)
Joseph Votel
Commander of the US Central Command - US Institute of Peace
Mission : not over
Complete that mission
Important : stabilization in Syria
Ex : consolidating our gains, people back in their homes