We were supposed to be getting out I thought.
This is a mistake in my opinion. The longer we hang around the better the chances of an escalating war that ends who knows when or where.
“We were supposed to be getting out I thought.”
According to the State Department, that appears to have changed. See
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/06/trump-oks-indefinite-us-presence-in-syria/
“President Donald Trump, who just five months ago said he wanted “to get out” of Syria and bring U.S. troops home soon, has approved a new strategy for an indefinitely extended military, diplomatic and economic effort there, according to senior State Department officials.”