Trump’s Decision to Withdraw From Syria Is Alarming. Just Ask His Advisers.

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Author(s)	The New York Times editorial board
Source	The New York Times
Date	December 19, 2018
URL	https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/opinion/editorials/trump-syria-withdrawal.html
Quote	Mr. Trump’s assertion that the Islamic State is defeated is absurd. “We have won against ISIS,” he boasted in a video. The ability of the terrorists to strike has been significantly degraded and much of the territory they claimed for their so-called caliphate has been liberated. But the group still retains a pocket of land on the Syria-Iraq border and has roughly 20,000 to 30,000 fighters, according to military researchers. As Mr. Jeffrey said Monday, “The job is not yet done.”

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This item argues against the position United States is right to withdraw its troops on the topic Syrian civil war.