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2018-02-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Rantburg Exclusive: SDF Battlefield Combat Report 2/25/2018 Afrin, Syria

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Posted by Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top
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#1 YPG and Syrian government forces are said to be close to a deal for the government forces to move into Manbij to counter Erdogan's threat of taking Manbij.

Posted by Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-02-26 00:17|| 2018-02-26 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 the SDF doesn't have anything that can take out a Turkish jet

but the Syrian Army does

Posted by lord garth 2018-02-26 07:31|| 2018-02-26 07:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Why haven't we armed these guys? They seem to be fighting the right people for the right reasons.

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2018-02-26 15:56|| 2018-02-26 15:56|| Front Page Top

#4 The US provides financial aid to the YPG to fight ISIS. The US announced a plan to put 30,000 YPG in place as a post ISIS security force. Turkey, a US partner NATO allie protested and then attacked on January 20 after the US said on January 17 they would not defend the YPG against such an attack.

This is a Tillerson, state department failure. Because Al Qarda and Turkey are Islamic partners which is the most important partnership to Erdagon, inshallah.

Posted by Omeger Gray6606 2018-02-26 18:57|| 2018-02-26 18:57|| Front Page Top

#5 It's possible we can't afford an open break with Turkey because a good chunk of our air assets are operating out of Incirlik. As recently as last October, they were used to help retake Raqqa. I suspect any break with Turkey, if it materializes, will have to wait on the removal of our men and equipment from Turkey. It's also a possibility that a good chunk of Erdogan's rhetoric is part of long-standing anti-American more bark than bite BS that comes from many of our allies, including Greece.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2018-02-26 20:46|| 2018-02-26 20:46|| Front Page Top

#6 For instance, while it's fairly well-established that Assad funneled terrorists to Iraq to kill GI's, Erdogan never did.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2018-02-26 20:47|| 2018-02-26 20:47|| Front Page Top

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