Counter-Isis operations in Syria are back in style

When Donald Trump announced he wanted all US troops to withdraw from Syria, everyone with any knowledge of the region warned that as a result Isis would reemerge as a major threat. This was officially confirmed by the Pentagon's Defence Intelligence Agency which produced a report saying basically that the withdrawal of US troops would be good news for Isis. Well of course all of that was true. Syria may be full of different military forces and militia and terrorists but they all have their own agenda and only the US with its Kurdish comrades had one goal and one goal only and that was the destruction of Isis. The Trump decision was not just to please President Erdogan who wanted the green light to invade northern Syria but it seemed to be his view that the US had done enough with destroying Isis and others could get on with finishing off the remnants. Since then the president has changed his mind so many times that it's difficult to keep up. However, now General Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie, commander of US Central Command who has had to plan his Syria campaign like a juggler with 30 spinning balls, has revealed that combat operations between US troops and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces against Isis are back in vogue. Isis is once more being bashed wherever they turn up in northern Syria. It was only a week or two back that Trump said the troops remaining behind in Syria would be guarding the oil wells in eastern Syria, giving the idea that the 500-600 military personnel would be standing around with their guns ready in case Isis came over the horizon to snatch the oil back. But, thanks to General McKenzie, we now know anti-Isis missions are going ahead as robustly as ever. I assume Trump has been told and that he's happy with the turn-around. Well done General McKenzie I say.