Alas, Turkiye probably has the most powerful army in the area and our formal alliance with the country puts us on a bad spot if we try to keep the Turks from suppressing the Kurds in Iraq and Syria. Erdogan hoped the Caliphate would be successfully established then it could be assumed into Greater Turkiye maybe AKA a New Ottoman Empire. The Kurds stand in the way of that ambition.
“Erdogan hoped”?
Obama promised it to him.
2 things happened that spoiled Obozo’s evil plan.
1. Iran stepped in heavily with trained soldiers.
2. Syrian Kurds with a little air cover became an incredible military forces.
And in the mean time, Erdogan insulted everyone to the point they have basically told him to “screw that”.
He also purged his military and put all political opposition in jail on stupid charges or in the case of the military officers, killed some of them.
Erdogan like the Kemalist before him will practice Massacre of any who oppose them. They have been doing that to Kurds, Assyrians, Armenians, Alevi’s, Ezidi’s for centuries.
Given his way, Erdogan’s Turkey will practice genocide again. So there is no option. He must be prevented from doing that. Whatever it takes.