Doyle McManus: Foreign policy is on the 2020 ballot, right alongside Trump
by Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Oct 21, 2019
3 minutes
A rare, underappreciated drama broke out in last week's Democratic presidential debate in Ohio: The candidates had a serious argument over foreign policy.
Asked about President Trump's decision to let Turkey seize northern Syria, the Democrats unleashed a predictable flood of condemnation: "outrageous," "shameful," "a betrayal of American values."
But they divided on what U.S. strategy in Syria ought to be.
"I would not have withdrawn the troops," former Vice President Joe Biden said. "I would ... make it clear that they're not going anywhere."
"A small number of
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