JuanP wrote:The USA should send every able bodied American to fight these wars in Eurasia ASAP.
Getting the Empire to Shaft the Kurds Once More
In his latest political feat Erdogan has succeeded in getting the US to warn the Kurdish YPG from taking more territory from the Al-Qaeda controlled mainstream Syrian rebellion. This means that US, which for a short while now, seemed to have been prioritizing its SDF-centered anti-ISIS war over its Al Nusra-centered anti-Assad war, has now as much as publicly reaffirmed the equality of these (directly opposing) US goals in Syria.
Nor did it take much for Erdogan to accomplish this. Essentially all it took was a military buildup on the border supposed to lend credence to his threat that he is itching to move across the border into Syria. That is an eventuality White House understandably wants to avoid seeing it correctly recognizes the Syria mess it created is complicated enough without the addition of a further unpredictable and destabilizing factor.
Cid_Yama wrote:Does the US REALLY think that Assad, the Russians, and the Kurds are NOT going to take back the rest of Syria?
ennui2 wrote:Cid_Yama wrote:Does the US REALLY think that Assad, the Russians, and the Kurds are NOT going to take back the rest of Syria?
What's left of value to "take"?
Russia will be left with a "you broke it, you bought it" situation not unlike Iraq and Afghanistan. Should the US care about that?
"If the Unites States is really Turkey's friend and ally, then they should recognize the PYD — a Syrian branch of the PKK — as a terrorist organization. If a friend acts as an enemy, then measures should be taken, and they will not be limited to the Incirlik Airbase, Turkey has significant capabilities," Erdogan advisor Seref Malkoc told Bugun newspaper.
So yeah. Turkey just threatened the US. It's notable that Malkoc specifically said actions would go "beyond Incirlik," because pulling access to the base would be the first thing any regional observers would expect from Ankara in the event of a spat with Washington. For Turkey to say that measures will go beyond that, opens the door for Erdogan to become openly hostile towards his NATO allies.
Synapsid wrote:geopressure,
"Kurdistan has more oil than Saudi Arabia."
What is your source for that? This is new to me.
Thanks.
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