We have seen how receptive they have been in the past. Lets hope this is avoidable.
Pray for peace in Syria.
The Kurds would probably be better off asking POTUS for help instead of the UN.
Russia & the US should jointly do some serious Turkish ass-kicking if they invade/attack our Kurdish allies. Who the hell invited the Islamist Erdogan Turks into Syria anyhow?
Turkey and the Kurds during the early days of WWI were both guilty if heinous war crimes against civilian populations i.e. the slaughter of Armenians by Turks and Kurds in Asia Minor in 1915. Among the atrocities - Thousands of Christian girls were crucified.
Of course, one must also be mindful that the Austro-Hungarian empire forces responded to Archduke Ferdinand’ assassination with the brutality customary to that regime, in their much despised Balkan territories. Strangulation by wire on tippy-toes of civilian populations in various cities was a favorite past time in proving their point that they were in fact, in charge after Ferdinand was Assassinated.
If one has never seriously studied the early days of World War I, I would highly recommend it as it shows a brutality somewhat obscured and relatively unknown in the histories that mark that Period.
Afrin Canton is only about ten miles across, and now Turkey has been able to move artillery and armor up to its border on the Southwest, through Idlib Province in Syria. So all of Afrin is under Turkish artillery range, and the Turks could attack from three sides.
There is no land line of communication to resupply Afrin (except through Syrian controlled territory). The only resupply that the West could provide would be by air, or through Kurdish smugglers.
If the Kurds lose, they (and their families) will have to deal with the depredations of the jihadi mercenary militias that Turkey is using (former ISIS and similar types) in that area.
The Syrians/Russians/Iranians might be willing to trade off Afrin to the Turks, in exchange for Idlib, or just to reduce Kurdish or American influence. Also, Turkey might just be using the threat of invasion, as leverage to get the Americans to pull back on their train and equip policy for the SDF (the establishment of a permanent Border Force).