Turkey's cross-border strike on Syria has gained a lot, and the Kurds are really "hurt" this time. For this reason, the Syrian Kurds began to ask the United States for help.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, on the 23rd local time, a Syrian Kurdish claiming to be an American sent an open letter to Biden, demanding that the United States must assist its allies and prevent Turkey's strike.
NATO's demand that Finland and Sweden target the Kurds can theoretically be seen as a betrayal of the Kurds by the United States. However, the strength of the Kurdish armed forces is really not Turkey's opponent, and the Kurds want to "survive and build a country", even if they are betrayed by the United States, they can only put their hopes on the United States.
Of course, no matter what the United States says in words, the United States also wants to support the Kurds in its bones. The United States does not want to see Turkey rest easy at all, and needs the Kurds to contain Turkey and drag Turkey down.
The United States has always been this line of thinking, whether it is to contain opponents or strangle potential opponents in the cradle, the United States is actually unwilling to confront this country head-on, but uses other forces to create trouble for this country, either to create geopolitical conflicts for the country or to provoke internal divisions in the country.
Turkey saw that the United States contained and guarded against itself, so after the terrorist attack in Istanbul, Turkey directly rejected the condolences of the United States, implying that the United States is also a murderer hiding and supporting "terrorists". It can be said that Turkey is taking the opportunity to vent its anger at the United States and is also a warning to the United States.
Turkey's launch of cross-border strikes on Syria and Iraq, especially the attack on US military bases in Syria, can be said to have slapped the United States in the face. Turkey is so faceless to the United States, and the United States cannot sit still. According to Reuters, on the 23rd local time, a Pentagon spokesman accused Turkey, claiming that the Turkish army's air strikes in Syria "directly threaten the safety of American personnel."
However, the United States is dissatisfied with Turkey, but it does not overly condemn Turkey's confidence. The Pentagon also stressed that the United States recognizes Turkey's "legitimate security concerns." It can be seen that the United States still has some scruples. Even if the United States wants to continue to help the Kurdish armed forces, it does not openly confront Turkey, and the Kurds' request for help is afraid that it is difficult to get too much support from the United States.
On the contrary, the attitude of the Pentagon will greatly strengthen Turkey, making Turkey's strike in Syria more unscrupulous. According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 24th, Alexander Lavrentyev, the special representative of the Russian President for Syria, believes that Turkey may abandon ground operations in Syria, but Russia has not received assurances from Turkey that ground operations will not be carried out.
So far, Turkey's attack on Syria is still limited to air strikes, and the author believes that the possibility of Turkey sending ground troops in Syria is not small, and Russia may have underestimated Turkey's determination in Syria. Turkey's goal is to create a 30-kilometer-wide, 800-kilometer-long "safe zone" in northern Syria, and Erdogan cannot be reassured if none of this goal is achieved.
What's more, now Turkey is encountering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the United States has limited energy in the Middle East, Russia is stumbled by the war in Ukraine, and it is difficult for the United States and Russia to restrict Turkey as before. Russia is indeed at ease with Syria, so the special representative of the Russian president for Syria specifically pointed out that the special operation of the Russian army in Ukraine will not affect Russia's military presence in Syria.
Russia's words are for Turkey, intended to tell Turkey that Russia will not ignore Syria, and the Russian army may still launch military operations in Syria. However, Turkey does not have to be too afraid of Russia, Turkey knows that there are more and more common interests between Russia and Turkey, and Russia is even more demanding of Turkey.
Lavrentiev also pointed out that Turkey will soon lift restrictions on the transit of Russian aircraft to Syria, which shows that Russia and Turkey have actually reached a certain tacit agreement. Judging from the condemnation of Israel's actions against Syria by Russia, Turkey and Iraq, Russia is suspected of "biasing" the Turkish side.
If Turkey wants to complete the goal of establishing a safe zone, air strikes alone are far from enough, and even endless air strikes by the Turkish army may not be able to eliminate all the Kurds in northern Syria, and it has to send ground troops. Turkey should believe that now is not the time to send ground troops, and after the Turkish army completes its cross-border strike operation against Iraq, the Turkish army may launch a ground operation in Syria. It is said that Turkey's military operation in northern Iraq is likely to be completed in December.