Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis warned 'ISIS will resurge' if the US does not keep the pressure on, days after the White House announced US forces in northern Syria would pull back in advance of a planned Turkish military offensive
Washington Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis warned"ISIS will resurge" if the US does not keep the pressure on, days after the White House announced US forces in northern Syria would pull back in advance of a planned Turkish military offensive.
"In this case, if we don't keep the pressure on, then ISIS will resurge. It's absolutely a given that they will come back," Mattis told NBC in a clip released Saturday by the news organization ahead of Sunday's"Meet the Press." Mattis resigned in December after President Donald Trump's plans to withdraw troops from Syria became public. The retired four-star general was privately adamant in urging Trump against the pullback.
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