Mr Ischinger, US President, Trump has justified the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, that the fight against the “Islamic state” to be won in Syria. What do you think of this reasoning?
I think of the reason why not very much, because the President has said in a further Tweet that now Russia, Iran, Syria, and other States would have to fight the “Islamic state”. I suspect that this is the correct Version – that are operated according to the opinion Trumps the United States better, if you leave the dirty work in the fight against the IS. From a European perspective, the fight against “Islamic state is not finished” for a long time. We know that many thousands of fighters in Syria and the neighbouring countries to keep the part hidden. From a European point of view, it can only cause severe abdominal pain, if you leave the confrontation with Bashar al-Assad alone, Russia and Iran.
What Trump has led to his decision?
The President is implementing his election promises peu à peu. It is fair to add that his predecessor, Obama has already played with the idea of the presence in Syria to shut down. Trump has declared in turn that the allies are in the area of security, lived at the expense of the United States. Now, he is making the attempt at an internal political liberation punch at a time, in the device in the Russia affair, increasingly in distress.
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order What are the consequences of Trumps rate is to be reduced in the middle East Region for Germany, especially since apparently the US troops in Afghanistan?
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For the German security and defence policy are these surprising turns disastrous. The German mission in Afghanistan was always the troops dependent on the presence of the US. We would not be in the event of a disaster, once again in a position to evacuate our soldiers themselves. With regard to Syria, it is for the German side is a little difficult to practice massive criticism over the course of the United States. We are one of those who have held for seven years, Essentially. If we had introduced in a similar manner as our European partners at the Anti-IS coalition in a leading position, we would be legitimized now, better to insist on better consultation by the United States.
