And here I was thinking it completely deflated our new warmongers who apparently wanted boots on the ground in Syria indefinitely.

He's not going to be convicted.  I know people with a hard-on for Trump will swear otherwise, but the Democrats have botched this.  3 years of screaming impeachment on bogus accusations have ruined their credibility.  Now Schiff met with the whistle-blower before he became one, Pelosi refuses to hold a vote on impeachment - despite ample history of doing so, and closed door proceedings and selective leaks, it ain't gonna happen.  Hell just today Biden had to apologize for calling the Clinton impeachment a "lynching", after immediately attacking Trump for using that word.  The hypocrisy is palpable.  Biden withholding money related to an investigation on a company his son was paid millions to work for is kosher, but Trump asking for assistance into crowdstrike - the only entity to see the DNC servers (they refused to let American law enforcement such as the FBI and NSA to see their server if you recall), and not withholding money (notice our impeachment friends never acknowledge this aspect of their quid pro quo claims) is somehow the nail in the coffin.

If you've been screaming "impeachment" for 3 years, you have only yourself to blame when the moment finally comes and no one believes you.  Run Biden in 2020 and you win the presidency.  If you foolishly put Warren or Sanders up there, you can look at the mirror when it comes time to assign blame.

No.  I met Mullen (he was a huge dick), but I was in Iraq from 08-09, and I don't think Mattis was even in country.  And I was a First Lieutenant, so someone at his level interacting with me would have been pretty rare.

So I’ll ask again one more time. What is the goal in Syria. How many Americans need to die or be injured?  Will any one advocating we stay be going to their local recruiter?

Do you know why we have sizeable forces in Germany, Italy, Japan and South Korea? It’s almost as if they’re in close proximity to the land and sea territories of our two largest foes.

Again, what is the objective in Syria?