Caitlin Johnstone — Reactions To Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Plan Say More Than The Plan Itself

Beyond that, it’s hard to tell what’s actually happening. I’ll be astonished if there is an actual US withdrawal from Syria without any residual or proxy forces left behind, and it remains extremely possible that US troops won’t leave at all, especially if another conveniently timed “chemical weapons attack” gets attributed to Damascus. This administration has been going back and forth and back and forth about what its Syria policy actually is ever since Trump took office, and it won’t be the least bit surprising if we end up seeing very little change in US military presence. Things could very well just get shuffled around a bit and then re-settle as power struggles are sorted out within an administration that is endlessly in conflict with itself.

Everything I’ve just typed is basically a jumbled information salad of possibilities and speculation; it’s just me saying “Here’s what little we know, now we wait and see” and then shrugging. The real information that we can look at right now is the absolutely bizarre bipartisan response that Trump’s announcement has elicited.

As soon as Trump announced via Twitter his intent to withdraw troops from Syria, everyone has been losing their minds.

Trump derangement syndrome on one hand, and the threat of the bipartisan Establishment losing power, on the other.

The result? The crazy.

In such an unstable environment, anything can happen, even the unthinkable as the Empire syndrome kicks in.

Caitlin Johnstone — Rogue Journalist
Reactions To Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Plan Say More Than The Plan Itself
Caitlin Johnstone