“This will inevitably leave a residue.” and a scar ...
Many opposition groups labeled the Free Syrian Army have in time shifted to a Salafi mindset. How the war will transform Turkey's ultranationalists is an important question.
The Russians seem to have decided that asymmetric warfare is best trumped by picking a place and blowing it up until nothing is left. So the Turks going in there will be transformed into either a red mist in the air or a scortch mark.