Trump's Muddled Syria Policy: More War in the Middle East
At 3 A.M. on Monday, Middle East time, the commander of American special forces in Syriawhose name is not public for security reasonsheld a video teleconference with General Mazloum Kobani Abdi, the Kurdish militia commander who led the war against ISIS on behalf of the U.S. coalition. The commander had bad news. President Trump had decidedafter a telephone call with the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdo?anthat the United States would stand aside if Turkey, as announced, soon invades northeast Syria. U.S. troops positioned in two key posts in Syria on the border with Turkey...