So much for Trump being a "Russian Mole" LOL. If Democrats were smart they'd stop the dumb Russia Conspiracy, because all it's doing is making their party look like sore losers and providing fuel for Neocons in the White House to start a war with Russia (or its allies Syria and Iran).
Trump's control of the military is limited to whining about parades and demanding war cimes to help him feel better about the size of his 'button'. That US forces in Syria are escalating outside his control is just one more entry on the list of why he's an awful president, no some sort of vindication.
He has delegated much of that control the local generals.
The delegating of military strikes and certain operations has worked.
Obviously not now.
You're welcome to mourn the loss of mercenaries.......I'll pass.
That's not the point. The point is that huge decisions are being made and no one knows what is going on. Maybe its part of a "secret plan" or "covfefe", but Occam's razor doesn't cut that way.
