THAT was the goal....not keeping the Kurds and Turks from clobbering each other.
And how in the world to we attack another NATO country. No different than attacking France or Germany. I can't settle that in my head.
The mutual defense under NATO only applies when the NATO member is attacked.
Turkey was the aggressor here, and thereby disqualified itself from NATO support.
It isn’t a much bigger step to earn disciplinary action...