There go dreams of a new Ottoman Empire. It’s chess my friends. Sometimes you sacrifice a pawn to place an opponent in check. In this case we now have three of them snarking at one another at no risk to our own military
hardly make a difference in that calculus. Also is the strengthening of Russia and Iran, both more inimical to our interests than Turkey, worth stopping the non existent risk of a new Otttoman Empire?
What this does give them is a free hand to deal with the Kurds, something they have wanted for a very long time.
And these three (the Russians, Turks and Persians) have been fighting for many centuries. We should just get out of their way.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Persian_wars
in thwarting Turkey by the withdrawal is stupid.
Look at Iraq. It was incredibly stupid to get involved there in the first place. Yer overall point is correct in that regard. But the way we left under Barry was equally stupid, and helped create an opportunity for ISIS. That is my fear over what assclown is doing now and the manner and timing he is using to do it.
And if Putin thinks he can control this area of the world, he's forgotten what happened to the Russians in Afghanistan.
new Ottoman Empire.
Also Putin’s not looking to directly control it. He has Assad for that.
The way Orange just tucked tail and ran is disgraceful. There are ways of disengaging that don’t leave your allies who just helped you beat ISIS in the lurch. Stop being a moron.
He is in a quagmire... as we learned after the Iraq War fiasco.
He’s been pretty smart about it and has tremendously expanded his influence at little cost.
You do understand the difference between influence and control?
"a free hand" with respect to the Kurds?
First, he's got Russians to the North and South and Persians to the East. Second, his economy sucks. Third, there is no Allah and even if there were he would not give a damn about resurrection of the Ottoman Empire.
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They have enclaves in Northern Syria.
Endogan considers them to also be terrorists like the PKK and has threatened to wipe out those enclaves. He couldn’t do that with our troops also right there. He now essentially has a free hand in that area. We aren’t going to bring troops in from Iraq or elsewhere to stop it.