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.
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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Intervention created the mess in the first place. More interventions mean a bigger mess because the U.S. can't fix problems in a place where they have no stake in. They didn't understand Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and they certainly don't understand Syria.
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