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UPDATED 7:22 AM PST – Thursday, October 17, 2019
President Trump has continued to defend his decision to withdraw U.S.
forces from Northern Syria. In a tweet late Wednesday, the president
noted he’s fulfilling a campaign promise of bringing troops home from
costly and endless wars. He claimed Democrats used to like that concept,
but no longer support it because he’s the one making the calls.While speaking at the White House Wednesday, President Trump explained he pulled troops out of the region because it was not in the U.S.’s best interest to stay there.
“I want to bring our soldiers back home…we’re not a police force; we’re a fighting force…we’re the greatest fighting force ever,” he stated. “We have a great modern military, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to waste it, it doesn’t mean we’re going to deplete it like we did before with these crazy, endless wars.”
President Trump went on to say he hopes Turkey and Syria will work the situation out between themselves.
