One wonders how this little sandbagged structure is a "security concern" to a NATO country with F-16s and tanks. The goal here is to get rid of the few defenses that exist so that Ankara can be moved in to take over, like facilitating a new Afrin but without the airstrikes
The next phase of the great betrayal has begun. The US is now calling their allies, who fought tooth and nail to defeat ISIS, a “legitimate security concern” and lauding images of destroyed YPG fortifications. Appalling. They’ve no shame.https://twitter.com/sojtfoir/status/1175869891305451522 …
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The only "security concern" is Ankara's constant threats. That is an actual concern.
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How long before foreign YPG volunteers get rounded up for being "premature anti-fascists"?
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The USA could have if they had backbone brought afrin to the negotiation table with turkey but you're right they are selling them out
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NATO and NATO commitments > anything else. ISIS was never more than a sideshow for the US. The US isn’t about to completely turn its back on a NATO partner over some relatively trivial ISIS mission in a nation that didn’t invite the US.
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Ironic that Trump, against his advice, agreed to a pullout during a phone call with Erdogan. He does have "legitimate business interests" there after all!
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Jake, they're knocking down tiny bunkers that can be replaced in a few hours to appease Turks, while real fortifications remain. If they start blowing up large sections of concrete bunkers, I'll worry. This is window dressing to shut up the Turks.
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The YPG is a legitimate security concern for Turkey in the same way the YPG is a legitimate security concern for the SAA or the US is a legitimate security concern for ISIS. It's a concern of Turkey's making, but the language isn't wrong.
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And all of this is being done to avoid a straight up Turkish invasion of Kobane and elsewhere, something that Turkey would far prefer. It's a bitter pill to swallow, but I'd far prefer this to watching Turkey steamroll the SDF and kill a shit ton of people in the process.
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Yes this deal is the best solution to avoid mass slaughter & displacement, but the YPG never carried out cross-border attacks. They can destroy these without reifying the BS Turkish narrative about security concerns.
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If that's how diplomacy with Turkey worked, I'd be happy. That isn't. You know as well as I that turkey sees ZERO difference between YPG/PKK, so this is the reality we live with.
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If they were destroying PKK fortifications in Qandil or the Zab River Valley this would be appropriate language. YPG/PKK have not attacked Turkey from Syria.
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