[We fed the Kurds to the Turks last year. Any chance of Kurdish autonomy died with that. ]
Not entirely. We gave them a few pieces of Syrian Kurdistan. But we’re still there, and the Turks have studiously avoided infringing on the piece we still occupy, despite a lot of initial bluster. I have no idea what is going on at Incirlik, but I suspect the Turks have gotten some private briefings on what will happen to them if they push any further into Syrian Kurdistan. With Trump, you never know. And that’s keeping Erdogan in check. You can bet he never thought Soleimani would be dead today, or that Trump would plant hundreds of Russian mercs. Trump could cave - or he could whack hundreds of Turks. The latter action could get another Turkish coup going.