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Hayanomie t1_ix1u8kp wrote

This is a common lie that is repeated all the time. Trump never withdrew and maintained a force of about 900 always present.

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2022/0209/As-US-battles-ISIS-many-in-Syria-take-their-cue-from-Afghanistan

>There are currently 700 U.S. troops in northeast Syria and 200 in southeast Syria near the Syrian-Jordanian border, the Pentagon said last October, down from a publicly disclosed high of 2,000 in 2018. There is also a small contingent of British special forces.

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whatsthepointinit t1_ix4tepn wrote

That doesn't change the fact that our leaving caused major problems for any minorities living there. More than half of our troops left, that's not nothing.

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