Donald Trump Threw a Tantrum.

That is the sole and only reason the US now finds itself in full retreat from ISIL.

America has never had thousands of troops in Syria.

Tens of American troops were never being killed in Syria.

Hundreds of American troops were never being maimed in Syria.

America has never been spending billions, let alone trillions of dollars in Syria.

The was only one, small cost left for America to totally defeat ISIL.

Trump personally, through phone calls etc, had to exert diplomatic pressure on Erdogan to accept that ISIL had been defeated.

Trump decided that tiny bit of effort was beneath him and threw a tantrum.

As a result NATO now has no option other than to go to war with its former member Turkey.

That war can happen when Erdogan reaches Damascus.

It can happen when Erdogan reaches Ramallah.

It can happen when Erdogan reaches Jerusalem.

It can happen when Erdogan reaches Cairo.

It can happen when Erdogan reaches Benghazi.

But it is inevitable that it will have to happen.

It's better it happens now when then threat is still relatively small.

Because Trump's tantrum has been the very definition of a false economy.