The generals were wrong about nation building, and they were wrong about funding moderate extremists in Syria. They fear Iranian influence in Syria, yet they destroyed Iraq which stood in the way. That's what happens when you have no skin in the game.
If Trump doesn't want to listen to his generals, he should at least learn from Iraq, which he constantly criticised as a failed project.
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The institutions in Iraq were completely destroyed, not in Syria. That's the big difference.
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Iraq was left with a provisional govt. Sure, it wasn't stable, but neither is Assad's - his country is divided, he only controls part of it - Turks, Kurds, rebels, and jihadis control others - and half the country wants him deposed. If we leave now, jihadis will take root again.
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