Anon is on point.
Mueller also knows Mattis will eat his eyeballs for the protein if he steps outside of the plan. They offered him a bullet or a script early on.
Was telling everyone yday. The maneuvering is for the Iran ops, not assad. Syria has already been divied up. Agreements made. This is first big blow to Iran. Think any more allies hopping on planes soon?
Mil allies.
Sauce - https:// intpolicydigest.org/2017/05/20/limits-improbable-iran-algeria-partnership/