Doyle McManus: Trump wants to leave Syria. Easier said than done
WASHINGTON â When President Trump abruptly announced on Dec. 19 that he was pulling all U.S. troops out of Syria, he suggested they were already on the way home.
"We have won against ISIS," the president said, referring to Islamic State. "Our boys, our young women, our men - they're all coming back, and they're coming back now."
His "now" was premature. More than a month later, the 2,000 or so U.S. military personnel remain in eastern Syria and administration policy remains as much a muddle as ever.
