The occasional anti-Trump snarking in the linked article notwithstanding, its core point seems to me to be correct:
Washington never seriously grappled with how to leave Syria in a way that satisfied Trump and maximized U.S. interests…. key American officials proceeded as if the president’s oft-stated preferences were not relevant… attempted to ignore Trump’s stated aims…
This is not a new phenomenon. The Deep State pursues its own agenda no matter who happens to be in the White House. Here “key American officials” refers to the Deep State. The difference today is that President Trump has made the machinations of the Deep State more visible.
Anti-Trumpers were happy to applaud the Deep State when it undermined the president’s Iran policy (which even Sen. Cruz noticed). Or work against the border wall. Or get him impeached. Now the Deep State screwed up the Syria withdrawal, to the benefit of America’s foreign policy rivals.
The question is whether the Deep State will ever be held accountable for its anti-constitutional activities. If the answer is “no,” we know who really runs the country.
The occasional anti-Trump snarking in the linked article notwithstanding, its core point seems to me to be correct:
This is not a new phenomenon. The Deep State pursues its own agenda no matter who happens to be in the White House. Here “key American officials” refers to the Deep State. The difference today is that President Trump has made the machinations of the Deep State more visible.
Anti-Trumpers were happy to applaud the Deep State when it undermined the president’s Iran policy (which even Sen. Cruz noticed). Or work against the border wall. Or get him impeached. Now the Deep State screwed up the Syria withdrawal, to the benefit of America’s foreign policy rivals.
The question is whether the Deep State will ever be held accountable for its anti-constitutional activities. If the answer is “no,” we know who really runs the country.