Trump Considers Leaving Some Troops In Syria

Wall Street Journal: “The idea was presented to Mr. Trump last week by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), who has vigorously opposed the president’s initial decision to remove all of the 1,000 troops the U.S. has in northeast Syria.”

“Military officials said the Pentagon supports a plan to leave as many as 300 special operations forces to carry out that mission. The idea also has support in the State Department, according to people familiar with the issue. … The plan, analysts say, might also give Mr. Trump a way to blunt criticism from members of both parties in Congress that he is abandoning the Kurds and handing the country over the Assad regime and the Russians.”