I meant belligerence to accepting semi autonomy from Syria. Making Kurds play nice with Turks and vice versa is not exactly within the realm of possibility. What it means IMHO is a buffer zone between the Turks and Syrian Kurds who stoke up all kinds of problems for the Turks in arming and supporting Kurds in Turkey.
“accepting semi autonomy from Syria”
Agreed. Well the deal is done now. The SDF and Assad’s SAA signed an agreement for the Kurd’s Rojava to rejoin Syria, wall to wall. Turkey’s “safe zone” ain’t safe no more.
The Syrian Kurds will be semi-autonomous, similar to Iraqi Kurds.
The SDF will become a regional force, similar to our National Guard.
We never gave the SDF artillery or armor, they can’t fight Turkey without.
Now Assad and the Russians are taking over the fight. We just turned over a fire base outside Kobani to the Russians.
The Russians are flying combat air patrols. Assad’s armor is moving all over. The SDF has agreed to support the fighting in the Afrin area.
We will keep operational bases in SE Syria to interdict ISIS and Iranina smuggling to Hizb’allah.