Ralph Peters: I’ve Been ‘Skeptical’ of Trump But on Syria ‘He Got It Exactly Right’

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PETERS: "Well I -- I think that’s a very important question because people utterly are missing the point. We had a guest on earlier from the left of center who is saying well, you know, this -- this air attack didn’t cure cancer so it wasn’t good. This air attack was specifically to deter the further use of chemical weapons, nothing more than that. It wasn’t to remove Assad. It, you know -- it just wasn’t. And so when you get beyond that if you want to talk about strategic priorities, I’m all for defeating ISIS, destroying the caliphate on the ground. However, we need to reassess. Because, we’re fighting ISIS while Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Syria are fighting the Syrian people. And if we do finish the job of defeating ISIS in Syria, the inheritors of our success are the Syrians, as Assad, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. So, I think President Trump inherited a real mess. And as you know Shannon, I’ve been skeptical of many things about President Trump, but in this instance he got it exactly right and we’ll have to see where it goes from here."