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by Smitty-48 »
The Assadists will simply stand aside and let the Turks do their dirty work for them.
Daesh is a useful opponent for Damascus, they want neither the Kurds nor Daesh to be completely wiped out.
Damascus is propped up by fear of internal enemies.
The Russians are courting the Turks for control of the Bosporus, so Mister Ivan will stand aside as well.
The Kurds really have no allies, they simply have enemies all around them.
1000 US personnel do not alter the balance of power in any case, America's leverage is BMD in Romania.
Romania bypasses the Bosporus and puts Aegis right up in Ivan's kitchen.
Access to the Black Sea by land in the Balkans.
The New Trace is at sea. NATO in Romania v. Russian Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol.
Nec Aspera Terrent