Nobody seems to agree with what Trump is doing. When politics overruns reality who needs enemies when you have the Americans. The Kurds, Trump’s allies have been abandoned and given over to a battle with the Turks,(ODT)

But a former adviser to the US military and counter-insurgency strategist said Mr Trunp’s victory declaration was premature.

“There are still several thousand [Islamic State] fighters astride by Syria and Iraq,” David Kilcullen told ABC News.

“This is a group that grew from an insurgent organisation and has basically just dropped back below the radar to sort of guerrilla mode and they can effectively sustain that more or less forever.

“So I think that to describe them as defeated is, at best, wishful thinking at this point.”

via United States begins withdrawal of troops from Syria as Donald Trump declares victory over Islamic State – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)