trump is saving face, and that's fine.

it is true that isis is degraded. yes. and, it is worth celebrating. these were bad guys, and they're gone.

but, the point was not to take out isis - it was to take out assad....

the thing is that this wasn't a noble goal, and nobody should be upset that it didn't work. it was foolish, and smart people knew from the start that this was the inevitable end point.

i can't know whether trump understands what he's doing, but he's doing the right thing, regardless.

and, i really need to be clear about this - i'm not taking a pro-trump position. i'm actually taking a pro-putin position. the russians are the force of stability, here. they're the ones articulating the side i'm on, here.