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{"debug":{"version":3.1},"status":"OK","copyright":"Copyright (c) 2018 The New York Times Company.  All Rights Reserved.","results":{"comments":[{"commentID":26599277,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26599277,"userID":60211101,"userDisplayName":"Ed Watters","userLocation":"San Francisco","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"\"They pointed to the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq after former President Barack Obama withdrew troops from [Iraq] as a precedent they said laid the groundwork for the militant organization to flourish there.\"<br\/><br\/>And there we have the rationale for \"endless war\". It must go unmentioned that it was the US invasion of Iraq that really \"laid the groundwork for the militant organization to flourish there\", and also that the US military presence in Syria is for anti-Assad\/anti-Russian purposes.<br\/><br\/>If we had an independent corporate-media, the public would be reminded with each report how much money is being made by the US military\/corporate sector and how this is the major impetus for the \"endless war\" doctrine.","createDate":"1522864286","updateDate":"1522864291","approveDate":"1522864291","recommendations":3,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26599277","picURL":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com\/6021\/1101\/cropped-60211101.jpg?4438726721300668403","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598649,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598649,"userID":58314766,"userDisplayName":"L","userLocation":"CT","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"Trump is not only ignorant of the current situation in Syria, he shows no desire to learn or listen to advisors.  <br\/><br\/>The Kurds have been fighting alongside our troops and have been key in defeating Isis in Syria. If we desert them now the Turks will move in and destroy them.<br\/><br\/>Also, Putin and Assad would like nothing more than for the U.S. to leave Syria now, which begs the question: In pulling out is Trump just taking orders from his master?","createDate":"1522862006","updateDate":"1522864289","approveDate":"1522864289","recommendations":3,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598649","picURL":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com\/5831\/4766\/cropped-58314766.jpg?0.7539857496383809","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598745,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598745,"userID":56296972,"userDisplayName":"Nick Adams","userLocation":"Mississippi","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"Since a fool never knows what he's doing from one day to the next, a fool always has an \"element of surprise\", especially the one sitting on the golden toilet in the White House.<br\/>Is there no low to which the cowardly Republicans will go before they say \"Enough\" ? ","createDate":"1522862367","updateDate":"1522864287","approveDate":"1522864287","recommendations":3,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598745","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":1},{"commentID":26598597,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598597,"userID":68761350,"userDisplayName":"Marla Burke","userLocation":"Mill Valley, California","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"Trump talks to the Russians and the next day he want us out of Syria.  God help us if Putin puts him in a round room and tells him there's a stripper hidden in the corner.","createDate":"1522861803","updateDate":"1522864227","approveDate":"1522864227","recommendations":6,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598597","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598595,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598595,"userID":49120085,"userDisplayName":"Richard Nagel","userLocation":"Los Altos, CA","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"The US bombing campaign in Syria did very little to defeat ISIS.  It was the Syrian army, Hizbullah, Iraqi Shiite militias and Russian air power who have recaptured all of Syria\u2019s urban centers from ISIS and Al Queda.  The US is only in Syria to thwart Iran and do the bidding of Israel and Saudi Arabia.  Perhaps, if Trump ups the ante with 200,000+boots on the ground, the US may have chance to achieve this goal. Of course, this will never happen.  None of this current chaos in the Middle East would have occurred without the insane invasion of Iraq in 2003.  Our foreign policy geniuses and their shills in the media are responsible for the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and the trillions of dollars expended on the foreign adventures in the Middle East of the last 18 years.","createDate":"1522861800","updateDate":"1522864225","approveDate":"1522864225","recommendations":2,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598595","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":0,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598751,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598751,"userID":68650825,"userDisplayName":"Chris McAndrew","userLocation":"Cedar Rapids","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"We have always been at war with Eastasia. Just saying.","createDate":"1522862392","updateDate":"1522864195","approveDate":"1522864195","recommendations":1,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598751","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598805,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598805,"userID":72641924,"userDisplayName":"Bob","userLocation":"Washington","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"What a phony and hypocrite. He castigated Obama and others for announcing pull-out plans in advance and giving the enemy a chance to plan. Now he does the very same thing. He's not smart or credible and that's not new.","createDate":"1522862593","updateDate":"1522864194","approveDate":"1522864194","recommendations":4,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598805","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598611,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598611,"userID":18868541,"userDisplayName":"Richard Schumacher","userLocation":"The Benighted States of America","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"It's good to have the final definitive White House statement on the matter.  Now, who is that flunky Trump, and for whom does he speak?","createDate":"1522861864","updateDate":"1522864194","approveDate":"1522864194","recommendations":2,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598611","picURL":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com\/1886\/8541\/cropped-18868541.jpg?0.6266147849441999","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598890,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598890,"userID":33287149,"userDisplayName":"TheUglyTruth","userLocation":"Virginia Beach","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"Hucksterby should put up a banner  with \u201cMission Nearly Accomplished\u201d on it at the press conferences?  <br\/><br\/>If our Ignoramous in Chief truly had one of the \u201cworlds greatest minds\u201d, you would think he would have learned from Bush on claiming premature victories.  Maybe Russian TV\/Fox didn\u2019t run that one.<br\/><br\/>If Trump was the genius he self proclaims, you\u2019d think he would also understand one of the basics of communication - don\u2019t open your mouth before you think.  But President Can\u2019t Shut Up is incapable of self control, more frequently releasing statements full of phrases like \u201csoon, very soon, any day now\u201d , \u201cwe\u2019ll see\u201d, \u201cwe\u2019re working on that\u201d, \u201cwe\u2019re very very close\u201d, \u201cIll let you know in the very near future and you\u2019ll be impressed\u201d, which mean absolutely nothing.<br\/><br\/>Zero specifics on strategy, no dates, no time frame, no numbers unless he makes some up, no consultation with anyone with true expertise on any letter.<br\/><br\/>He knows he\u2019s making it up as he goes, so he\u2019ll never say anything specific that he can be called on later, or some time after that, maybe in the near future, maybe not, but probably so, unless he changes his mind.","createDate":"1522862888","updateDate":"1522864192","approveDate":"1522864192","recommendations":1,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598890","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598828,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598828,"userID":85294871,"userDisplayName":"Cruzio","userLocation":"California","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"So what is it? Is there really any plan?<br\/><br\/>And why didn\u2019t DT say anything about the fact that on Feb. 22nd Russian troops attacked US troops in Syria. It could have gone sideways. No mention at all. Then March 20 DT talks to Putin and within another 2 weeks strategies start to change. Also, just this week when asked \u201cPutin: Foe and Friend?\u201d DT says \u201cwe will see\u201d. ","createDate":"1522862650","updateDate":"1522864192","approveDate":"1522864192","recommendations":1,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598828","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":0,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598883,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598883,"userID":58764623,"userDisplayName":"Michael Panico","userLocation":"United States","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"The mistake that everyone is making is that they believe they are listening to man that has all his mental capacity working correctly.<br\/><br\/>Listening to Trump is like listening to then man living out of shopping cart on the corner. Occasionally he may have moments of lucidity, but for the most part he is still a man living out of his shopping cart, spewing nonsense.<br\/><br\/>Until he walks out on stage naked, the Republican party will take no action to remove this mentally impaired man from the office.","createDate":"1522862859","updateDate":"1522864191","approveDate":"1522864191","recommendations":1,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598883","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598876,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598876,"userID":55022121,"userDisplayName":"Neocynic","userLocation":"New York, NY","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"Our foreign policy is run out of the Pentagon.","createDate":"1522862844","updateDate":"1522864191","approveDate":"1522864191","recommendations":2,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598876","picURL":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com\/5502\/2121\/cropped-55022121.jpg?0.4946581113030631","timespeople":1,"sharing":1},{"commentID":26599130,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26599130,"userID":18426496,"userDisplayName":"Look Ahead","userLocation":"WA","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"The US is in Syria only to support Kurdish fighters in pushing out ISIS, not to support the Syrian government, which is a hostile foreign power. Remember the missile attack a year ago by the US against a Syrian airfield while Trump savored his chocolate cake with Xi Jinping? <br\/><br\/>There is no future for the small US force there without the Kurds in the lead. So boy king Trump just got ahead of the script and prematurely announced the inevitable. <br\/><br\/>Kind of interesting that Trump criticized Obama for announcing in advance a reduction of forces in Afghanistan. That actually had a purpose, to make sure the Afghan government knew they were going to be on their own shortly. <br\/><br\/>Being President is harder than Trump thought, especially with his well known lack of impulse control.","createDate":"1522863781","updateDate":"1522863788","approveDate":"1522863788","recommendations":2,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":1,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26599130","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598585,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598585,"userID":57771639,"userDisplayName":"change","userLocation":"new york, ny","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"I think the New Times headline is misleading. Trump said he will withdraw American forces from Syria but have some residual training done for the stabilizing force. He has asked the Saudis and the GCC to send their troops instead of having US troops remain in Syria.<br\/><br\/>The cost to the US for wars of choice is way too much. That money should be used for the well being of Americans and not for war efforts. Trump is absolutely correct on this one.","createDate":"1522861758","updateDate":"1522861760","approveDate":"1522861760","recommendations":1,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598585","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598498,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598498,"userID":60440787,"userDisplayName":"Retro","userLocation":"West Coast","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"Trump reversed course after watching no-minds on his favourite source of ego-stroking suggest it would never bad to withdraw from Syria. I fully expect that if Fox and Friends broadcast an opinion that all left-handed people should be put to death, Trump would immediately start Rage tweeting that the last three Presidents before him were all \u201clefties\u201d.  ","createDate":"1522861446","updateDate":"1522861470","approveDate":"1522861470","recommendations":13,"replyCount":1,"replies":[{"commentID":26599243,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26599243,"userID":77196269,"userDisplayName":"Elle","userLocation":"Detroit, MI","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"That explains everything!! Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are left-handed!! Just like Trump fears Satanism in the VA, he fears powerful, intellectual, articulate, SANE, men who are left-handed. Lol!","createDate":"1522864179","updateDate":"1522865570","approveDate":"1522865570","recommendations":0,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":26598498,"parentUserDisplayName":"Retro","depth":2,"commentType":"userReply","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598498:26599243","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0}],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598498","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26597922,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26597922,"userID":12108481,"userDisplayName":"A. B.","userLocation":"Atlanta, GA","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"There are four glaring omissions from this story and this conversation: 1) Asad and the Syrian rebels and the future of Syria, 2) Other foreign powers in Syria, especially Russia and Iran, and their future there, 3) Turkey and the Kurds and what their future relationship will be, and 4) How our presence (or absence) in Syria impacts our presence in Iraq. Can we get a comprehensive examination of all of the issues and interests that intersect with our Syria policy instead of one-dimensional coverage of what President Trump said off the cuff about Syria and ISIS in a stump speech? Thanks.","createDate":"1522859350","updateDate":"1522861414","approveDate":"1522861414","recommendations":4,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26597922","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26597516,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26597516,"userID":53804953,"userDisplayName":"MY","userLocation":"El Sobrante, CA","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"This is definitely Trump following orders from Putin to withdrawal completely from Syria.  This is a huge victory for Putin, Iran, and Turkey, in the geopolitical power struggle in the middle east.","createDate":"1522858306","updateDate":"1522861403","approveDate":"1522861403","recommendations":8,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26597516","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26597275,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26597275,"userID":69353221,"userDisplayName":"Sky","userLocation":"Europe","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"Did not know leaving was an option, how will the military industrial complex make their money?","createDate":"1522857644","updateDate":"1522861399","approveDate":"1522861399","recommendations":5,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26597275","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26597201,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26597201,"userID":52851130,"userDisplayName":"Locavore","userLocation":"New England","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"Trump must stop trying to appease the alt-right supporters of his election.  They are not military experts, they do not have any coherent foreign policy plans, and they are not anywhere close to being the majority of our citizens.  There is no characteristic of that group that would suggest that they should have any power over our country's actions in the Middle East.  Mr. President, pull yourself together and follow the advice of people who have studied history and know something about human nature.","createDate":"1522857478","updateDate":"1522861397","approveDate":"1522861397","recommendations":2,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26597201","picURL":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com\/5285\/1130\/cropped-52851130.jpg?0.7312456577560628","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26597470,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26597470,"userID":64335844,"userDisplayName":"Tom Q","userLocation":"Southwick, MA","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"Everyone should just remain calm. This is just Wednesday's announcement. Tomorrow will be here before we know it and then there will be a new position. It is also early in the month. So, before the month is out, there will be yet another position. Just when we come to believe that the position keeps changing, Sarah Huckabee Sanders will reassure us that the presiden't position hasn't changed at all. It is we, in fact, who are confused and she is tired of continuing to answer the same question over and over.  ","createDate":"1522858179","updateDate":"1522861385","approveDate":"1522861385","recommendations":89,"replyCount":1,"replies":[{"commentID":26600968,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26600968,"userID":55345469,"userDisplayName":"CS","userLocation":"Florida","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"Got it down pat","createDate":"1522871405","updateDate":"1522873407","approveDate":"1522873407","recommendations":0,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":26597470,"parentUserDisplayName":"Tom Q","depth":2,"commentType":"userReply","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26597470:26600968","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0}],"editorsSelection":true,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26597470","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26596975,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26596975,"userID":79098418,"userDisplayName":"ubique","userLocation":"NY","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"The Joint Chiefs are the ones who actually control high-level military policy? Cool stuff. <br\/><br\/>Thank you, Department of Defense. ","createDate":"1522856890","updateDate":"1522861378","approveDate":"1522861378","recommendations":3,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26596975","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":0,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598142,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598142,"userID":20277258,"userDisplayName":"girldriverusa","userLocation":"NYC","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"I hope this has a permanent impact on spineless representatives who have stood by and watched our country, our environment, our position in the world and that they end sitting at home with nothing but shame. I hope that the young people who take over care more about their constituents than they care about funding reelection campaigns and holding onto to power. Until then, we await, Mr. Mueller.","createDate":"1522860126","updateDate":"1522861374","approveDate":"1522861374","recommendations":9,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598142","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598359,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598359,"userID":58425266,"userDisplayName":"Barbara","userLocation":"SC","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"Business as usual at the Trump White House.  Say something off the cuff, then walk it back, no matter how big the issue is.<br\/><br\/>Since Trump has no long term policy or strategy, these events will keep happening as long as he is in office.   ","createDate":"1522860970","updateDate":"1522861361","approveDate":"1522861361","recommendations":7,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598359","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":1},{"commentID":26598468,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598468,"userID":55077709,"userDisplayName":"Peggy Rogers","userLocation":"PA","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"I have deeply conflicting feelings on the larger issue of US responsibility to rebuild nations after we wage terror wars there. In Syria, there are vast humanitarian needs -- look at the cities of ash and the utterly bereft left behind by continuing war in Syria. But I can't wipe from mind the fully-documented reports out of Afghanistan about the corruption, waste and misspending of seeming unlimited American dollars to allegedly win hearts and minds. Just how much of it will remain by the time the Taliban stop fighting? In Syria, the forces at work are even more tangled and the damage seems to me more vast. Keeping 2000 U.S. troops there doesn't seem like much, but when you look at all the winds still buffeting the nation -- from the Syrian government, anti-government groups, ISIS remnants, Russia, Iran and our allied group -- you must ask and answer key questions. Like, what should we rebuild and who help in an ocean of needs and needy; what is our end goal there; what can we afford for humanitarian aid; and what role should the U.S. play in the continuing Assad v. anti-government war?<br\/><br\/>Is anyone even asking the questions? If we don't look full in the face at all of it, we don't belong there.","createDate":"1522861346","updateDate":"1522861352","approveDate":"1522861352","recommendations":1,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598468","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0},{"commentID":26598118,"status":"approved","commentSequence":26598118,"userID":22795289,"userDisplayName":"Terri","userLocation":"NYC","userTitle":"NULL","userURL":"NULL","commentTitle":"<br\/>","commentBody":"Is it possible the talk of pulling out of Syria is a give to Putin to soften the \"expelling\" of their diplomats (even though Trump is also already allowing all 60 to be immediately replaced)?","createDate":"1522860009","updateDate":"1522861339","approveDate":"1522861339","recommendations":2,"replyCount":0,"replies":[],"editorsSelection":false,"parentID":null,"parentUserDisplayName":null,"depth":1,"commentType":"comment","trusted":0,"recommendedFlag":null,"reportAbuseFlag":null,"permID":"26598118","picURL":"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/apps\/timespeople\/none.png","timespeople":1,"sharing":0}],"page":76,"totalCommentsReturned":25,"totalCommentsFound":337,"totalParentCommentsFound":238,"totalParentCommentsReturned":25,"totalReplyCommentsFound":99,"totalReplyCommentsReturned":2,"totalReporterReplyCommentsFound":0,"totalReporterReplyCommentsReturned":0,"totalEditorsSelectionFound":14,"totalEditorsSelectionReturned":1,"totalRecommendationsFound":192,"totalRecommendationsReturned":19,"replyLimit":3,"depthLimit":2,"sort":"newest","filter":"newest","callerID":null,"api_timestamp":"1522874697","userData":{"userID":0,"login":null,"email":"","displayName":"","url":"","title":"","location":"","times_people":0,"sharing":0,"labels":[]}}}