Ignore stupid people. In this case “too long” meant enough time to degrade the fight forces of the enemy and hopefully reduce the number of your own casualties. Public opinion doesn’t matter. The international “community” doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is the number of soldiers that your critics are going to commit to the battlefield against you. And the French and other whining nations won’t (Turkey will if they think they can get away with it, but they can’t). So, yeah, ignore stupid people...
Turkey is going to bail on Nato in 3, 2,