This move is symbolic of the US foreign policy under Obama / Clinton i.e. it pays little attention to its actual impact on the ground, but attempts to demonstrate to its domestic audience that "it is doing something". The major difference is that, this time, fortunately, no damge is done to innocent populations abroad. There are many who now consider that the US interventions in Libya, Iraq, Syria and even the Ukraine weere designed to appease domestic concerns, and exacerbated the consequent difficulties in bringing a peacful conclusion to the issues. Too bad Obama has to leave under such a cloud.