Trump's hasty exit forced US troops to bomb their own base in 'an extreme worst-case scenario'

US Air Force/Master Sgt. Lance CheungAn F-15E dropping a bomb.US forces destroyed the former base of counter-ISIS operations in Syria, according to a release from Operation Inherent Resolve sent out on Wednesday.The statement says that the operation was pre-planned, but former Special Presidential Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Brett McGurk called the operation a "break glass" procedure used only in extreme emergencies.US President Donald Trump's hasty decision to pull US troops out of northeastern Syria last Sunday continued to spiral out of control when, a week after Turkey began its incursion into the region, US forces attacked the base of their counter-ISIS operations in Syria in a move one former official called a "break glass" procedure "reserved for an extreme worst-case

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