Pakistan, Jan. 17 -- The world fears the worst every time a US president utters the phrase "mission accomplished." From Afghanistan to Syria to Libya and Yemen, the American enterprise of "chasing monsters abroad" has thrown the entire Middle East into a perpetual state of chaos.
Washington sent US special forces to Syria in 2015 to eject President Bashar al-Assad for acting as an Iranian proxy, but instead set the stage for the international terrorist group Daesh by arming the so-called "moderate rebels" battling his regime. In mid-January, however, US President Donald Trump declared he had had enough, and it was time to bring an "end to endless wars." Despite stiff opposition from foreign allies and a slew of senior official resignations...