In 2011, President Barack Obama pulled U.S. troops out of Iraq leaving ISIS to fill the vacuum. Taylor talks with foreign policy expert Danielle Pletka about why President Trump's surprise decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria repeats those same mistakes. Plus, what the resignation of Secretary Jim Mattis means for U.S. national security policy.

LINKS Barack Trump and the failure of leadership on Syria -- Danielle Pletka https://www.aei.org/publication/barack-trump-and-the-failure-of-leadership-on-syria/

Mattis Resignation Letter https://www.roughlyexplained.com/2018/12/read-defense-secretary-james-mattis-resignation-letter/

Follow Dani Pletka on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dpletka

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