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That this was the right thing for president trump to do. >> i think you have to disa dis ambiguate a few things why we're in syria, what have we done since and why are we leaving now and how was that announced. there's plenty of blame to go around for everyone for those things. it's an honest conversation to talk about why we're in syria. as mark pointed out, it's not honest to say that we did our job, we have wiped out isis. that is disingenuous. that is basically lying. and that is not right. but for -- again, syria's a wicked problem. this isn't as simple as obama should have fixed it, hill...

That this was the right thing for president trump to do. >> i think you have to disa dis ambiguate a few things why we're in syria, what have we done since and why are we leaving now and how was that announced. there's plenty of blame to go around for everyone for those things. it's an honest conversation to talk about why we're in syria. as mark pointed out, it's not honest to say that we did our job, we have wiped out isis. that is disingenuous. that is basically lying. and that is not right. but for -- again, syria's a wicked problem. this isn't as simple as obama should have fixed it, hill...

For president trump to do. >> i think you have to disa dis ambiguate a few things why we're in syria, what have we done since and why are we leaving now and how was that announced. there's plenty of blame to go around for everyone for those things. it's an honest conversation to talk about why we're in syria. as mark pointed out, it's not honest to say that we did our job, we have wiped out isis. that is disingenuous. that is basically lying. and that is not right. but for -- again, syria's a wicked problem. this isn't as simple as obama should have fixed it, hillary would have fixed it, trump...

It didn't go through congress. >> no. syria has been a wicked problem for the last two administrations. not that anyone has had the silver bullet to it. but it's legitimate to have a conversation about where american troops have been deployed and at what cost. trump tapped into that in 2016. he lied about his support. but let's set that aside for the moment. we didn't have the conversation about the wisdom and the cost of it. he just did it. and i don't think a lot of americans are sitting home debating about syria. if you asked mae week ago, how many troops were there, i wouldn't have said 2,...

Criticized his predecessors, in essence saying, they just weren't good enough or smart enough to handle this problem, when in reality, i think folks like me understand that this is a wicked problem. and it may not be solvable in any satisfying way. and so now you've got the question with china that's always been there. the president should have known that. he had two issues that he had to balance and manipulate. he went all in on the north koreans. kind of put that problem on pause. now he's ginned up this trade conflict with the chinese. >> and he did a little cya with the chinese, right? he ...