but I'm paraphrasing
Once Erdogan is boxed in where he cannot cause trouble, it will begin.
The additional troops were moved into place over past few days.
If Erdogan had not puked all over everyone else, it would have begun.
I’m wondering how much our USAF has softened them up. I heard rumors in the beginning there were roughly 10,000 ISIS in Raqqa. Is it 5,000 now? I saw photos of the Base north and slightly east of Raqqa after it was bombed. If it was inhabited, they are gone. It was flattened. Suspect the B-52 I saw flying took care of that.