Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   A joint decision Date:   12/21/2018 2:12:11 PM

We ignored Afghanistan and the rest of the Middle East and as a result 3,000+ New Yorkers died on 9/11.  I would suggest that we should do whatever we can to ensure those wars don't spill over to our soil.  Thus, keeping 2,000 well trained and well armed American servicemen in Syria to help train the good guys seems like a good investment to me.

My opinion is that pulling the troops from Syria and removing half from Afghanistan is a serious mistake, especially in view of SecDef advising against it.  Iran is waiting to pounce in Syria and the Taliban is waiting in Afghanistan.  Having fought wars for centuries they will just be ever more convinced that the wait is worth it and we don't have the resolve to stick it out over the long haul.