Posted on Oct 23, 2019
Turkey, Russia Reach Deal To Control Syrian Areas Once Patrolled By The U.S.
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Well, Turkey is now working with Russia, the Kurds are working with Russia, Syria of course works with Russia. I'm not sure what influence were going to have there any more. Russia seems to be pretty happy with the new order in the area though... More wedges in NATO, they have expanded their influence in the region with all parties looking to them, a twofer.
Turkey, Russia Reach Deal To Control Syrian Areas Once Patrolled By The U.S.
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And just as experts predicted, Putin gets an early XMAS gift from his buddy Trump
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Capt Jeff S.
You are a Progressive sycophant if you think Trump and Putin are working together. You must have Obama confused with Trump as it was Obama that was caught on hot mic telling PM Medvedev that he would be more flexible after elections. Did you think Obama was talking about the Kama Sutra?
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This reminds me of when Hitler and Stalin divided up Eastern Europe, including Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland. We all know how that worked out. Are the Kurds of today the Jews and Poles of 1939?
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So, not to sound too naive here (I may prove to be over time)...but let me get this straight: The Turks aren't going to be lobbing arty onto the Kurds anymore. The Kurds are going to stop harassing the Turks. Russia is working with Turkey, which means they're working with NATO (Which helps Merkel and company in negotiating with Russia). The Syrian regime is now allied with the Kurds (which means so are the Russians, right?). Just about everyone is against whatever is left or dying of ISIS...and we're not going to be in the middle of any of that mess anymore, correct? Exactly how is this the end of the world as we know it? We still posses the greatest influence in the region, and we still have Jordan, Israel, and the Saudis strongly in our camp. No one has control of Iraq...including us, and after nearly twenty years at the job. If the Kurds aren't going to be massacred any more, and the Russians are going to keep a lid on the Jihad...are we really upset because they gained more "influence"? I know there are hardliners in Moscow who want to see the West denigrated if not deposed. I understand that their "civil rights" record is abysmal...but folks, all the Bolsheviks aren't there anymore-they're here. If after more than seven decades, Europe hasn't figured out how to defend themselves... why does a part of our deficit have to prop them up? Russia doesn't want to risk a nuclear conflict with us...and unless we do want to risk another European war in the face of a potential collapse of the EU, I'm not sure this doesn't restore a bit of awkward "balance". Even if I'm woefully wrong about all of the above...I can't think of an alternative that wouldn't have eventually led to increased potential for hostilities with Turkey, Russia, and Iran.
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LCDR Joshua Gillespie
@SSG James P- It is complicated, and no-I wasn't "thrilled" about the situation with the Kurds (though I did think it was the right move, all things considered). What irks me is that no one gave a d@^& about the YPG until there was an opportunity to try and portray anyone opposed to withdrawal as suddenly holding the moral high ground.
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Capt Bill Mauer
The up side of this turn of events is that Russia is once again occupied with neverending inter-tribal warfare. This may become another Afghanistan for them, and we can finally get clear of the neverending inter-tribal warfare game.
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