David Ignatius, Washington Post: How the Syrian conflict could get even bigger and bloodier
President Obama says he doesn't want to turn the Syria conflict into a proxy war.
Unfortunately, that's already happening, as combatants join the battle against the Islamic State with radically differing agendas that could collide.
Let's look at the confusing order of battle: The United States has decided that its strongest partner against the Islamic State is a Syrian Kurdish force known as the YPG.
But Turkey, nominally our NATO ally, says the YPG has links with what it claims is a Kurdish terrorist group. How's that going to work out? No answers yet.
WNU Editor: Sadly .... the answer is yes.
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ReplyDeleteWhile I cannot say I agree with the position of the guys from Canada who go over there, I can understand why they do it.
In a different life, I would have made my stand with St George and the beetles.