Am I the only one bothered by the US Marine deployment to Syria?

It is far from an ideal situation but we need to stomp isis out of existence. We can either kill them in syria (as opposed to arming them under the last admin) or we can allow them safe harbor across the boarder where they can rebuild and attack us later. I trust Mattis, and with him running the DOD we will be doing everything we can to actually win and come home. Assad is a bad dude but he is much better that the forces fighting against him.

Sorry, I don't understand. National Command Authorities determined we should commit military to a mission. Military is paid to execute such orders and missions as assigned. To be concerned about your friends is natural, but to execute the mission as determined by the NCA is why you wear the uniform.

Sgt William Biggs I suspect, you are not the only one worried or bothered... Mission creep is always out there. Before 911 I would have bet we would never had troops on the ground in the middle east, nor would I have ever through we would have troops operating in and out of former Soviet Republics. It is none of my business, but I hope we have finally established a desired end state.