“Why, again, are we over there?”
Not a rhetorical question.
It is to decimate and end the Islamic State.
I think we may drift from that one and only goal. That should not happen.
If anyone, e.g. Assad fighters, are attacking forces that are fighting IS, they are fair game no matter who or where.
“It is to decimate and end the Islamic State.”
The neocons, the House of Saud and other ME masters applaud you for your proper humility, obeisance and correct recitation.