And to stabilize the region to prevent ISIS coming back.
“Exterminate” would have been a better word than “liberate”.
You liberate friends, allies and victims.
You exterminate Muslim terrorists.
Really? Unless someone pulled Erdogan aside and made him an offer he can't refuse, Turkey is actively working with ISIS in Northern Syria to push out the Kurds and effectively take possession of parts of Syria. Could we have made some kind of deal with them?
Launching a new operation means to me that the ground fores have been reassembled after the Afrin operation - taking the initiative and to the field.
There has been an incredible flurry of high level coordination among the Western coalition - even Angela Merkel held her nose and marched her butt into the White House. SecState has been busy. The Senate rather suddenly approved Pompeo, like there was a new fire lit under their butt - similar to the sudden political reconciliation and new war powers approved in Israel.
This indicates to me that the political leadership of the West is geared up to take significant action soon, for a kind of a big deal.
