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PUTTING PURPORTEDLY ANTI-NEOCON NEWS IN PERSPECTIVE (REMINDER: PSYCHO GAFFNEY WILL REPLACE MATTIS) On its face, the news about Trump planning to withdraw US forces from Syria, and thousands from Afghanistan, appears to be a welcome change. But given the track record of disappointment on foreign policy from the Trump admin, let's put these announcements in perspective. First, they have not happened yet -- the last time Trump said he wanted to pull the US out of Syria, the Pentagon's jihadist allies staged a fake chemical attack, and the military bombed Syria again. And the last time Trump threatened to withdraw Americans from Second, as*uming these changes do happen, they do not represent fulfilling a campaign promise -- i.e., fixing a problem that existed before he came into office, and that he was elected in order to fix. Although the CIA was happy to use the jihadist militias as their proxy against the secular Syrian government, we did not have thousands of American boots on the ground, occupying a third of the Syrian land If all that happens is that these forces are withdrawn, it would represent a return to the status quo ante Trump. That's better than continuing to keep them there, but not a bold reversal of an existing policy -- that would require no interference in Syria at all, boots-on-the-ground or otherwise, or switching sides to help out As*ad against the jihadists. The same goes for Afghanistan. After Trump's threat to withdraw troops in August 2017, the Pentagon punished him by sending about 4,000 Americans back into the country, in addition to the roughly 8,500 who were already there. Now the reports refer to more than 14,000 Americans in Afghanistan, meaning the Pentagon last year sent at least 5,500, not 4,000, and likely more. So, if Trump forces a withdrawal of 7,000 now, for all we know that's just the same number that were sent last year -- again, more of a return to the status quo ante Trump. A true reversal would be to announce that we're withdrawing all Americans from Afghanistan, with