https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-officials-try-to-slow-trumps-everybody-out-of-syria-order
U.S. Officials Try to Slow Trump’s ‘Everybody Out’ of Syria Order
Confusion is the only constant for the future course of the U.S. war after the president
took the world by surprise by suggesting an imminent withdrawal.
Spencer Ackerman　12.19.18 1:31 PM ET
政府官僚等はトランプ大統領の唱えるシリアからの「全員撤退」を遅らせようと努力中
大統領の突然の撤退の発表に米国の戦略の混乱が

President Donald Trump may have declared the so-called Islamic State “defeated,”
sparking talk of a U.S. withdrawal from the former ISIS stronghold of northeastern Syria.
But administration officials, several of whom were taken by surprise, indicated an effort
was underway to stop or slow a pullout.

“U.S. forces will continue the fight against ISIS,” a White House official who requested
anonymity told The Daily Beast.

The future scope of that fight is less clear than ever. Some within the administration
said Trump had indeed reached a decision to leave Syria. “The president said ‘Everybody
out,’” a senior administration official told The Daily Beast.

Confusion about the U.S. goals in Syria and the sustainability of a strategy to achieve
them has been a consistent feature of 2018, a year in which the president and various
senior officials have expanded and contracted the goals at least four times.
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