Trump’s Announcement of Syrian Troop Withdrawal Opens Doors to a New Peace of Westphalia

... the global coalition against ISIS, resigned on December 22, sounding the same theme. Trump's decision, he said, has left the allies "confused" and "bewildered." This was echoed in an op ed in the New York Times on December 23, by Susan Rice, National Security Advisor to Obama, titled "The Threat in the White House." Rice laments that, "We are walking away from our British and French allies," and Trump's action "does more to undermine American national security ...