Turkish invasion of NE Syria

[KMack]

Am I reading this wrong or something? We claim to be helping the Kurds by asking them to withdraw from a part of their own territory so that it can be occupied by the Turks? We're withdrawing our sanctions on Turkey and asking the Kurds to give in to Turkish demands and then claiming that our actions are helping the kurds??????

Kurds won't beat the Turks solo. So regroup in a safe area and team up with the Syrian government and push Turkey back across the border if they can at a later date. Sanctions can be applied anytime or revoked. Better than dying.

[Petros Houhoulis]

Kurds won't beat the Turks solo. So regroup in a safe area and team up with the Syrian government and push Turkey back across the border if they can at a later date. Sanctions can be applied anytime or revoked. Better than dying.

I don't even think they shall regroup. The Syrian army shall have 5 days to move into the area while Kurdish fighters shall move towards Idlib and grab it from the Jihadists. Meanwhile Congress shall ignore Trump and impose even more sanctions. That's what the world demands from you now anyway, not to send troops in Syria.

[Babak]

Kurds won't beat the Turks solo. So regroup in a safe area and team up with the Syrian government and push Turkey back across the border if they can at a later date. Sanctions can be applied anytime or revoked. Better than dying.

Thing is, sanctions don't really affect turkey a whole lot. Many countries can get around sanctions rather easily.

[catgeorge]

A typical morning on the Greek border

[KMack]

You are not reading it wrong. Trump has 119 properties in Turkey. Obviously, the Sultan has cornered him, but the Democrats shall exploit this to the hilt, and there's nothing he can do about it. He proved himself to be vulnerable to foreign infiltration. The Manchurian candidate.

119 properties do you have a link for that. Turkey isn't going to illegally confiscate high value property like Trump Tower there.

[KMack]

Thing is, sanctions don't really affect turkey a whole lot. Many countries can get around sanctions rather easily.

Depends on how deep the sanctions are and well enforced.

[Petros Houhoulis]

Thing is, sanctions don't really affect turkey a whole lot. Many countries can get around sanctions rather easily.

Yes, that's why the Iranian economy is expected to shrink by 9.5% next year, because Iran manages to get around sanctions...

[Turxanthus]

There are 7 million Syrian refugees in Turkey now and creating buffer zone to settle Syrians is not invasion. Assad, Terrorists and the others need to take care of the Syrian people. If they could not simply some others would do it. Greeks must be last ones to be annoyed by Turkish military endeavor because it is well known that their country cannot bear even 10 thousands refugees.

[Babak]

Yes, that's why the Iranian economy is expected to shrink by 9.5% next year, because Iran manages to get around sanctions...

Im surprised Iran is still managing under those heavy sanctions. But the sanctions imposed on turkey are weaker in comparison to Irans tbh

[KMack]

There are 7 million Syrian refugees in Turkey now and creating buffer zone to settle Syrians is not invasion. Assad, Terrorists and the others need to take care of the Syrian people. If they could not simply some others would do it. Greeks must be last ones to be annoyed by Turkish military endeavor because it is well known that their country cannot bear even 10 thousands refugees.

If that is truly the purpose, returning refugees to Syria, would Assad oppose this? Would it be better to get permission from Syria to work jointly to create a buffer zone? Do Syrians want to return what is your feeling on this?