I think it is the right decision. Unless you either
1 Have a close relative in the military
2 Have yourself served in the military
3 Are willing at least do a desk job at a military base to free up a soldier to deploy overseas, or
4 Support restarting the draft,
I do not think you have the right to question that decision.
A little research on the internet shows that as long ago as 2016 , then VP Joe Biden - and President Obama - did not want a self governing Kurdish state in northern Syria. Which is why he had come forward to condemn Trump’s decision.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/biden-visits-turkey-on-mission-to-repair-strained-relations/2016/08/24/bc684904-6a04-11e6-99bf-f0cf3a6449a6_story.html
Some more research shows that, past ant-war statements by most other leading Democrats contenders for the 2020 nomination, have also made difficult for them to condemn Trump’s decision.
For example
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/02/politics/elizabeth-warren-troops-syria/index.html
and
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-syria-afghanistan-trump_n_5c2e4acee4b05c88b7072fea
and
https://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Bernie_Sanders_War_+_Peace.htm
Well, I did find one Democrat candidate who has been willing to condemn the withdrawal , Senator Amy Klobuchar
http://www.kmaland.com/news/klobuchar-blasts-trump-on-syrian-troop-pullout/article_bd12f992-e9e7-11e9-bd76-cb58132e89cd.html
For a non hysterical articls on the decision to pull leave, I recommend the following
, https://www.ft.com/content/be8e5ff4-e939-11e9-a240-3b065ef5fc55
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pillar/donald-trumps-syria-withdrawal-are-we-asking-right-questions-86906
Because I like it, there is this partisan article supporting Trump by an argument that reaches back to the Vietnam War.
https://www.nysun.com/foreign/liberals-tears-for-the-kurds-ring-hollow-after/90861/
I do not agree with everything in the article For example, we did not win the war only to be sold out by politicians. We jus lost the damn war . Still,
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