Donald Trump on Saturday knocked President Barack Obama's decision to deploy fewer than 50 Special Operations forces on the ground in Syria, suggesting the strategy is a half-measure.
"I think we have a president who just doesn't know what he's doing," Trump told CNN. "You either do it or you don't do it. Fifty people. He puts 50 people."
Trump did not say whether he would deploy more troops to Syria as president, but simply said, "You either do it or you don't do it."
The remarks are the first time Trump has reacted to Obama's decision to deploy fewer than 50 Special Operations forces to Syria, which the White House announced Friday. The announcement came two years after Obama addressed the American public and said emphatically: "I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria."
"The fact is, our strategy in Syria hasn't changed," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Friday. "The core of our military strategy inside of Syria is to build up the capacity of local forces. To take the fight to ISIL on the ground in their own country ... This is an intensification of a strategy that the President announced more than a year ago."
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Our President does not, apparently, recognize that there is no such thing as being a "little bit pregnant."
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Once you realize that its all about power, you are free to use your opponents play book against them. Once you realize that its all about power, you do on to others what they done on to you. Once you realize that its all about power, you can ignore the hypocritical critics who demand 'one set of rules for me, another set of rules for thee'.
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