>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/04/19/trump-thinks-we-can-replace-u-s-forces-in-syria-with-arab-troops-hes-wrong
his april reasoning: "Is there any indication that countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are either willing or able to take over the role that U.S. troops have played in defeating the Islamic State by working with a Kurdish-Arab militia known as the Syrian Democratic Forces? Hardly. The Saudis and Emiratis are bogged down in Yemen and so bereft of effective troops that they have to rely on foreign mercenaries even to fight next door." is clearly no longer applicable given the recent developments in Yemen.