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I have great respect for Mike so nothing here is personal, but the truth is that Turkish relations were in deep trouble because of TURKISH policies long before we ever met the YPG. You can watch Mike and I debate the issue here via @IQ2US -https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/unresolved-shifting-power-middle-east …
As noted, Turkey foreclosed any serious cooperation on ISIS even as 40k foreign fighters flowed through its territory into Syria. Our partnership with the SDF was borne of necessity and soon grew to a force of 60k Syrians: Arabs, Kurds, Christians. It lost 11k fighting ISIS.
Turkey also held American citizens in prison hostage to political demands, routinely threatens NATO ally Greece in the skies over the Mediterranean, and was the largest sanctions buster in history against Iran long before the Syrian civil war ever started.https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/iran-turkey-gold-sanctions-nuclear-zarrab-atilla/549665/ …
I believe we should do everything possible to maintain and aim over time to improve strategic relations with Turkey but not at the expense of ignoring the reality of what is happening there and opening the door to an ISIS and al Qaeda resurgence.
This sudden and unnecessary betrayal of the SDF strengthens the hands of our adversaries and competitors throughout the region and the world. The saying “never get into a well with an American rope” is gaining currency. The impact will be long-lasting.
I wrote on all of this in @ForeignAffairs in April, when the US and SDF had more options available to mitigate fallout than now. (Now available without a paywall.) This is a serious situation with Americans, at this hour, on the ground & in harm’s way.https://twitter.com/foreignaffairs/status/1181555458286456832?s=21 …
do you think USA didn't get involved so Russia could get involved ??
See this video about the mass exodus of Syrian Kurdish & Christian civilians from Ras Al-Ayn city as Turkish warplanes began bombardmenthttps://twitter.com/i/status/1181926775678525441 …
And now again former ISIL fighters and Al-Qaeda affiliated gangs are accompanying the Turkish military in their Jihad against infidel Syrian Kurds and Christians! Trump is reversing the victory that was gained by the sacrifices of thousands of Kurds & Americans!
Invading is not defending
Those foreign fighters “flowed” through Turkey with generous support and help from you and other western countries. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have “flowed”.
Even quite recently, support from NATO countries was “flowing” to the “flowing” foreign fighters, who are, perhaps, now fighting YPG. See:https://twitter.com/haralddoornbos/status/1181640564430852096?s=21 …
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