Jeremy Bash: Trump Admin Will Have To Continue Aggressive Counterterrorism Operations in Syria

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BASH: “The U.S. continues to have interests in Syria, and primarily we want to prevent it from becoming an ungoverned space, a terrorist safe haven. And for that reason, the United States is going to have to continue aggressive counterterrorism operations, including with some limited footprint on the ground, as we have in northeastern Syria and including with a standoff airstrike capability for over the horizon counterterrorism operations. And if we don't do that, if we don't work with Israel and Jordan and our Gulf Arab partners to shape the outcome of Syria, it's going to come for us. It's going to come for us in the form of refugees. It's going to come for us in the form of a safe haven for terrorist organizations.”