Thanks.
It would not surprise me if the view I was presented with was wrong. If so, I feel better about it.
I new about the issue of area of responsiblity that was long ago worked out. And that Efrin was not in ours. Russians “did” assume that until recently. I’m sure they were paid well to look the other way.
None of this makes me feel any better about the atrocities taking place. And they should have been expected knowing who actually is in the Militia’s attached to Turkey.
And the tone of Turkey building up to this. The severe sabor rattling and prayer chanting all over the country was stirring up the Blind Nationalism support.
If YPG would “find” the appropriate weapons, this could have an unexpected side. Turks have already been bloodied some. It is no cake walk.
The part that is troubling, if these atrocities build the international public sentiment it could go very badly for Turkey. What they are doing now, is totally incompatible with NATO. They may think they want to partner with Putin. As unstable as Erdogan is, I suspect that will be short lived.
I’ve had a very hard time today wrestling with this on an emotional level. I’ve seen bad spells related to this before, but never quite like this.
Guess we shall see.
Brace yourself for continued atrocities.
Sadly, that is the nature of the enemy which faces the people of Afrin.