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

Why Is Peace Bad? The decision announced by President Donald Trump on December 19 to withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria provoked an outpouring of denunciations and vitriol against him which demonstrates, once again, how hysterical his opponents are about his intention to put an end to his immediate predecessors' commitment to a state of permanent imperial warfare. The clamor against him escalated the following day, when he announced the withdrawal of half of the 14,000 U.S. troops remaining...