3) Its already being reported that ISIS prisoners are getting set free or freeing themselves because our former partners, the Kurds, in the wake of our withdrawal, have lowered the priority of this to focus on fighting off the Turks. So another hard won battle gone to waste, similar to when Obama pulled out of Iraq. Those fighters WILL kill again, either in Iraq, or in Europe, or who knows where.
Frankly, peace has a price (in lives and treasure) for maintenance which is far lower than the price of achieving it
Apparently, the Kurds have a “price” too if they are already releasing ISIS fighters. Pay us or we release the terrorists. That’s blackmail. Genuine allies don’t behave like that. Good riddance to them.
The kurds, who were under an umbrella of US protection, are now fighting the Turks to stay alive. That is not extortion. That is just basic survival instinct.