in cairo, pompeo blasts obama's middle east policies

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday accused Barack Obama of sowing chaos by abandoning Middle East to Islamist militants and Iranian influence in blistering critique of the president's policies even as Pompeo's boss, President Donald Trump, moves to pull American troops out of Syria....

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pompeo assails obama in mideast policy speech

Pompeo's speech came on the leg of Mideast tour aimed at reassuring America's Arab partners that Trump administration is not walking away from the confusion and concern over plans to withdraw U.S forces from Syria.. ... Force for Good America's Reinvigorated Role in Middle East, Pompeo..

trump is willing to take military action in syria

Speaking Cairo Pompeo declared that the US is still open to Syria, and he hoped that Trump wo not have to... Trump declared IS defeated and the US mission Syria accomplished December, and announced that the roughly 2,000 US troops there would be brought home. ..

the wrong kind of unity against trump

Mattis and McGurk denounced Trump for betraying Kurdish-led Syrian Defense Force, and failing to finish the war against ISIS, while it lost its Raqqa,  still retains over 30,000 soldiers in Iraq and Syria.. In, the party staked position almost to the right of GOP, denouncing Trump for..

the future of freedom foundation

That caused me to write an article on January 2 entitled “It’s Too Soon to Celebrate Trump’s Syria Withdrawal.” . ... They, not Trump or Bolton, decide whether and when U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Syria or anywhere else. ..

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