The problem is not that it was done, but how it was done.
The USA had the balance of power before its pullout. The simple fact was the USA could determine just how the Kurds were situated vis a vis Syria.
Instead of engaging with Syria and negotiating a status agreement of the Rojava area the US simply pulled out quickly giving their allies no time to prepare.
No one should be stupid enough to believe that the USA should have stayed in Syria, for one thing the presence of any non-ally of the Syrian government in Syria is illegal by any viewing of international law.
However the fact was the USA *was* there and *did* let the Syrian Kurds take 11,000 casualties - 13% of their total fighting force - fighting ISIS when the Kurds could have otherwise sat that war out.
It's at this point we ask ourselves: "what sort of ally are we?"
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