Actually, its not 'good guy, bad guy'. Are you familiar with the "good cop bad cop" routine? It's where two cops, both working together, create a dynamic where the criminal thinks one cop is on his side and the other cop is against him. They use this dynamic to manipulate the criminal's responses.  So yeah, I definitely think that the withdrawal in Syria is part of the work here, 'staged' as you say it.  The show Q and Potus are creating and the controlled chaos in the MSM etc are all part of a larger strategy.