Rainews.it reports that Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis leaves the Trump administration: in the letter of resignation, the head of the Pentagon cites differences with the president in relations with allies and notes that Trump deserves a defense secretary with ideas in line with her. Mattis, on the other hand, in recent weeks, had ideas in stark contrast to Trump, from the deployment of armed forces on the Mexican border to the withdrawal from Syria. According to rumors, 'Mat Dog' was taken aback by the announcement: a decision to leave Syria of which he was unaware. Mattis would also not have been informed of the ongoing assessments to reduce the American presence in Afghanistan. It is news within hours that the United States will withdraw 7.000 soldiers from Afghanistan, effectively halving the presence of their troops in the country.
After having ordered the withdrawal from Syria, the US president, Donald Trump, has therefore decided to withdraw an 'important' number of troops also from Afghanistan. This was confirmed by a head of the US administration under condition of anonymity, confirming the rumors of an imminent withdrawal from Kabul as well. "The decision has been made," he said. Currently there are over 14 American soldiers in Afghanistan and the first returns to the US, according to what has been circulated in the US media, could begin in a few weeks. The president's decisions on Syria and Afghanistan, which Pentagon chief Jim Mattis would not have been made aware of, yesterday resulted in the resignation of the minister who said he was not 'in tune' with Trump's choices.
Mattis' exit leaves yet another heavy void within the administration and provokes new criticism of Trump who, announcing his release on Twitter, had spoken of retirement for Mattis and not of resignation. Around the withdrawal from Syria, attention is high worldwide. While dozens of phone calls arrive in Washington from the allied capital to understand what is happening, only Vladimir Putin applauds the decision: "Donald is right, he did well", ruled the Kremlin tsar, who has always spoken of the "illegal" presence of the US in Syria. And already the anticipated advantages of a Russia that will have its hands free in the region, as well as Iran and Turkey, ready for a new offensive on the Kurdish militias for four years armed and trained by the Americans, and now in fact abandoned to their fate. In the background, the danger that ISIS, marginalized in an area bordering Iraq, could raise its head, despite Trump singing victory. A victory that for many is still far from being definitive. The latter is the worst fear of those who in the last few hours continue desperately to press for a rethinking of the tycoon: at the Pentagon, where there is talk of a "colossal error", and inside the White House itself, where national security John Bolton days ago had pointed a very different path on the Syrian question. Meanwhile, Benyamin Netanyahu assured that Israel "will continue to act vigorously against Iran's attempts to entrench itself in Syria": "We will intensify our efforts and I know that we will do so with the full support and support of the US", he said. While a bipartisan chorus rises in Congress to ask the president for clarification, especially on the overall strategy behind his decision. With many observers pointing out that Trump's stance is paradoxically very similar to Barack Obama's stance on policy in the Middle East, a view that it is not the US's job to interfere in the affairs of the region. Only then Obama, who put an end to the adventure in Iraq, on Syria instead listened to those who preached caution.
