so, when i supported trump's withdrawal, i didn't mean a half-assed withdrawal or a redeployment to protect the oil, although nobody should be surprised by this, as it is more or less what he said from the start.

shifting from "protect the kurds" to "protect the oil" just makes the existing illegal occupation that much more illegal of an occupation. they've just dropped the pretext.

so, i would call on the president to keep his promise and uphold his mandate to end the war and withdraw all of his troops from syria.

i would also call on the united states congress to pass a carbon transition plan that makes this kind of nonsense a thing of the past.