and get the Senate to pass a resolution calling for a re-invasion of Syria.

pretty much over.

Sure!

Senate Democrats can ask questions about Putin’s National Security Policy for the United States.

the withdrawal from Syria has everything to do with Yemen.

I figure something like this, though as a whole it's speculative:

- Erdogan (very bad guy) push on Saudi (even worse) through Khashoggi revelations. (happened)

- American corporate media "discover" ongoing U.S. participation in Saudi-led genocide in Yemen. (happened)

- Second push on Sanders-Murphy-Lee withdrawal resolution achieves historic success. (happened)

- Saudis run wailing to Brother Kush. (likely)

- Trump talks to Erdogan in effort to get a backroom deal among the regional bonesaw-men, erm, sorry, our precious "allies." (suggested by call)

- Erdogan promises to wait a little before starting new invasion and massacre of Kurds. (supposedly, from reports about call)

- Withdrawal order. (reasonable presumption)

Withdrawal for whatever it's worth, since these things don't always happen just by order of the Twitter Thumbs alone. And the bomb-o-rama force is always ready to fly and drop some fire and fury.

Next move is actually SDF and Assad's. Does the latter seek a deal with SDF or with the Turks?

Another possible factor: gaining Turkish tolerance of moves against Iran. Can't believe anyone buys into the "anti-war" Trump trope, including smart guys like Bacevich today on DN!

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Has Lindsay Graham EVER been against war?