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Get out of Syria

Sun., Nov. 10, 2019

Trump has galvanized the Democrats and some Republicans into opposing his directive to pull troops out of Syria. In this action I totally support the president.

We do not need to expend billions of dollars and the lives and limbs of our military trying to bring peace to the Mideast. It was never good policy to think we outsiders could force peace on the countries which have been fighting each other for decades.

None of these countries like us or support us. In the UN even our so-called Middle East allies vote against us the vast majority of the time. Finally we must stop trying to be the policeman for the whole world.

Nancy Parker

Walla Walla, Wash.

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