The President's position is consistent with the Constitution and public opinion. He wants U.S. forces out of a conflict in which America’s interests have never been clear, and for which Congress has never approved military intervention. They are there because of President Obama's failed policies concerning Syria and Iran.
The Kurds that the US helped led by the YPG (People’s Protection Units) are the Syrian branch of the PKK (the Kurdistan Worker’s Party) in Turkey. The PKK is a militant separatist organization with Marxist-Leninist roots. The PKK remains a designated foreign terrorist organization under U.S. law.
It is a complicated situation. It's the Middle East. There probably is no good outcome. Having U.S. forces in northern Syria to fight ISIS or protect the YPG is not something most Americans support. Bloodshed and chaos is the Muslim Middle East’s default condition, so America would have to commit to an endless military occupation. Let these people solve their own problems or at least let nations closer to the problem get involved. Say for example, the EU.
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