President Trump made the right call to withdraw from Syria. The United States withdrawal, however, must be planned carefully and performed in cooperation with the right partners to protect the interests of the United States, the international community and the Syrian people. Turkey, which has NATO’s second largest standing army, is the only country with the power and commitment to perform that task. In 2016, Turkey became the first country to deploy ground combat troops to fight the so-called Islamic State in Syria. Image President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey delivering a speech in Ankara, Turkey, last month.

Source: New York Times January 07, 2019 20:00 UTC