In a move that is likely to rile up NATO member Turkey, the US has made a huge delivery of equipment to the Syrian Kurdish YPG, a group Turkey considers terrorists, and have long threatened to invade.
200 trucks crossed into Syria’s Deir Ezzor from neighboring Iraq. This
is not a military shipment. Rather, it is building material and
construction equipment intended to allow for reconstruction after the
defeat of ISIS.
That’s the US version at least, but the inclusion of substantial
excavation equipment is fueling concern, particularly in Turkey, that
this is going to be used for mass tunnel digging across Syria, in
anticipation of the Turkish invasion.
That’s probably a reasonable concern. Turkey’s been threatening such
invasions of years, and the Kurds have been promising to resist. It’s
almost certain that any huge construction programs will come with
projects intended to defend the area from an attack.
Turkey is concerned when kurds live without being bombed everyday…and the us takes turkeys jihadi concerns very seriously.
Turkey is a supporter of jihadism all over the world, the turkish regime is protecting radical islamists in idlib, while complaining about kurdish anti ISIL fighters.
I honestly have no beef with this. Let em dig and let Turkey die in the holes, just bring the goddamn troops home.
If that is the sole objective, US should close down incirlik and transfer part of the staff to the US. Rest to Cyprus, Greece, Jordan, Israel and Rojava.