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To: Sam Gamgee

Erdogan is not desperate to negotiate.

The Turks and their allies the SNA will do what they can on the battlefield first.

Give them about a week. The Russians have ground troops in the fight, and armor, and air support.

The Turks are likely to pull back to their borders in NE Syria.

The big question is Afrin in NW Syria, the Turks occupied that sometime ago, Assad says he wants it back. Lots of Kurds there and the SDF is pledged to take up the fight.


17 posted on 10/16/2019 11:34:10 AM PDT by gandalftb
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To: gandalftb

Seems like the Russians and Syrians are filling the gap so perhaps it will only be a minor foreign policy fail.


46 posted on 10/16/2019 3:57:04 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: gandalftb
The Russians have ground troops in the fight, and armor, and air support.

Interested in where you are finding this? The only Russian forces I've seen confirmed are Military Police, in very vulnerable GAZ TIGR 4x4's. These are more peace keepers or human shields than combat troops "in the fight". I see no indication Russia is employing airpower or artillery against Turkish forces, and for the past few days, only Turkish and US aircraft have been reported flying.

51 posted on 10/16/2019 5:07:35 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: gandalftb

Pence-pompeo-secure-cease-fire-agreement-in-syria-after-meeting-with-turkish-president

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pence-pompeo-secure-cease-fire-agreement-in-syria-after-meeting-with-turkish-president


61 posted on 10/17/2019 11:40:22 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (The line that separated satire, Democrats and Stupidity has vanished. (thanks to jonascord)!)
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