But the blunder in the headline would be to withdraw early:
Is Mattis taking a different approach on Syria? Warns of ‘strategic blunder’
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis warned Friday it would be a “strategic blunder†to pull out of Syria before UN-led peace efforts had made progress.
A US-led coalition is conducting military operations against the Islamic State group in Syria and Mattis said they must not leave a “vacuum†that President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies could take advantage of.
Talks in Geneva led by UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura have made little headway, but Mattis said they must be given the chance to succeed.
Read more at: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2018/06/08/Is-Mattis-taking-a-different-approach-on-Syria-Warns-of-strategic-blunder-.html
