President Trump proved beyond all doubt this week that his vision for military deployments is defined by hypocrisy.

On Monday, Trump pulled U.S. forces out of northern Syria. Although those forces were not engaged in active combat operations, Trump says he’s no longer willing to inject America into complicated foreign wars. But then, on Friday, the Pentagon announced the deployment of an additional 2,000 U.S. military personnel to Saudi Arabia.

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