Revealing once again its leftists views, The New York Times complained that President Donald Trump in pulling the troops out of Syria is “ceding a vital country to the Russians and Iran.” If this were Barack Obama pulling troops out, as he did in Iraq, he would be called a “hero” by the Times.

Since when has the Times become a pro-military hawk? Since Trump got into the White House.

Trump did the right thing in pulling our troops out of Syria, because all we’re doing now is inadvertently cleaning up for Bashar al-Assad, who is bound to stay in control of Syria, and the Russians are in control of Assad.

Russia will eventually have hegemony over most of the Middle East because the West and the U.S. Congress have no backbone. It seems in these times, the backbone is in Russia and China.

Art Todd

Kaneohe

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