I don’t believe the US will abandon the Kurds.
I don’t believe anyone considers Erdogan an ally. Not even Iran.
I’ve already seen 2 Turkish tanks in flames for attempting incursion into Afrin (Efrin). Saw video of TOW used to kill it.
With what has reported to have been given to them, aircraft are exposed too. There were 2 helicopters shot down in Turkey by the PKK.
I remember how great Turkey did in Al Bab (sarcasm). It was said they lost 50 tanks trying to take the town before they made a deal with the Jihadi’s.
We wait.
Maybe they are bluffing, or maybe they are really just going to send their jihadis in, without the regular Army to inflict costs.
From their statements though, it sounds like they are justifying sending the regular Army in. Facing a bunch of anti-tank and anti-air missiles, will be different than Turkey’s many other incursions in the past - it could be a fiasco, hard to stomach at home, or by the military.