When listing 9 outcomes, make it clear so it is explicit to the reader what the 9 outcomes are. There is nothing labeled 5 or 5th nor anything labled 7 or 7th. Don't make me guess what you are counting.
If that is not bad enough, and one ignores that and reads ot the end one discovers that he misses the ultimate point regarding lasting damage. He suggests that tensions will be relieved.
That is not how Trump negotiates. He doesn't negotiate at gun point. You hold our hostage? There is nothing to talk about except how much more time you have before your negotiations are with Mad Dog for how much of your stuff will get blowed up before you give in. If it is not already too late.
This isn't the end of the beginning. This is just clearing a precondition for a beginning to begin.
Nothing in Erdogan’s actions indicate a change of attitude or aims.
Right after Brunson was released, Erdo made a threat about Manbij in Syria. U.S. forces directly support the SDF in Manbij. You are right, Trump will not change that.
If Turkey’s surrogates attack US forces, it is clear, they will return fire to end the conflict. Even Crazy Erdo knows better than to cross that threshold.
It was a good article in that it related the facts of the matter clearly in the beginning of the article.
Later when it became rhetoric opinion, I did stop reading because it wasn’t particularly compelling.