Why, oh why, would we choose the YPG-dominated SDF, over our long time NATO ally?
Make no mistake, we have set our military against Turkey, and that is huge.
This is escalating fast.
The other day I posted this essay about the danger our troops in northern Syria are in.
Then yesterday this happened.
Manbij, in northern Syria, has been a flashpoint since the Kurds took it from ISIS two years ago. Two weeks ago the clock starting ticking on Manbij.
America's primary ally in Syria, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), is preparing to negotiate with the Assad government of Syria.
With the rebel's evacuation from Homs province, and the last rebel-held Damascus suburb, Assad's regime is now stable.
Turkey's military operation with the Orwellian name of "Olive Branch" has reached the outskirts of the city of Afrin, and has taken 850 kilometres of the province.
Once upon a time, there was relative peace in the NE (near east, which is a more precise location name for the Levant and nearby areas) despite simmering resentments and hatreds. Along came crypto-Muslim B. Hussein, who liked to play with matches, many of them thoughtfully lit for him by his handmaiden, Hellery. First they thought Africa might be a nice experimental area for their wars of oil, gold, riches beyond belief. Enticed by the victorious battle cry of "We came, we saw, he died.
Yesterday I pointed out that the Syrian government is coming to the assistance of the Syrian Kurds in the Afrin canton, who are under attack from Turkey.
This is how it went today.
Turkey's invasion of the Kurdish areas of Syria was always going to be a threat for the region. Yesterday it happened.
A week ago we bombed Syrian government forces near Deir Ezzor, killing around a hundred troops. Some of them were mercenaries from Russia.
The clash has been framed as "we acted in self-defense".
