US may support Turkey against Kurds
The impending withdrawal of American troops from Syria gained an unexpected assessment in the United States. Republican Party Senator Lindsey Graham, who is currently visiting Ankara, said the United States should help Turkey, not the Kurds.
According to Graham, the Kurdish National Self-Defense Forces operating in the north of Syria have close ties with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). In Turkey, the PKK is considered a terrorist organization, and it is the ties with the PKK of the Syrian Kurds that Recep Erdogan explains the need to bring the Turkish army into Northern Syria.
Lindsay Graham, assessing the situation in the north of Syria, stressed:
Until recently, the United States was considered the main patron of the Syrian Kurds. It was the American army that for years supplied the Self-Defense Forces with weapons, ammunition, uniforms and trained Kurdish personnel.
Now, when the senator from the Republican Party, to which Donald Trump himself belongs, is talking about the need to help Turkey in the fight against the Kurds, a large number of questions arise for Washington. Both the decision to withdraw troops from Syria and the frequent negotiations with Erdogan show that the White House decided to return to restoring good relations with Turkey as its old and important ally in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East.
Indeed, speaking of, say, a geopolitical confrontation with Russia, Turkey and the Kurds as allies are simply incomparable. Moreover, now the Kurds are preparing to make a U-turn towards official Damascus. And they have no other choice, since they are unlikely to be able to defend themselves against the Turkish army.
According to Graham, the Kurdish National Self-Defense Forces operating in the north of Syria have close ties with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). In Turkey, the PKK is considered a terrorist organization, and it is the ties with the PKK of the Syrian Kurds that Recep Erdogan explains the need to bring the Turkish army into Northern Syria.
Lindsay Graham, assessing the situation in the north of Syria, stressed:
I have been repeating for a long time that among the Syrian Kurds there are elements that really pose a threat to Turkey’s national security. In order to protect itself, Turkey must strengthen its borders.
Until recently, the United States was considered the main patron of the Syrian Kurds. It was the American army that for years supplied the Self-Defense Forces with weapons, ammunition, uniforms and trained Kurdish personnel.
Now, when the senator from the Republican Party, to which Donald Trump himself belongs, is talking about the need to help Turkey in the fight against the Kurds, a large number of questions arise for Washington. Both the decision to withdraw troops from Syria and the frequent negotiations with Erdogan show that the White House decided to return to restoring good relations with Turkey as its old and important ally in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East.
Indeed, speaking of, say, a geopolitical confrontation with Russia, Turkey and the Kurds as allies are simply incomparable. Moreover, now the Kurds are preparing to make a U-turn towards official Damascus. And they have no other choice, since they are unlikely to be able to defend themselves against the Turkish army.
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