After Trump Vows to Arm Syrian Kurds, the Next Move Is Erdogan’s
Mr. Erdogan also sharply criticized the Trump administration’s decision in remarks quoted by Turkish news media,
and said he hoped it would be "reversed as soon as possible." Analysts believe Mr. Erdogan could now seek a quid pro quo in return for swallowing the American decision to work ever more closely with the Kurds in Syria.
On Wednesday, Mr. Erdogan’s prime minister, Binali Yildirim, added another warning:
that arming the Kurds could have "consequences" for the United States and a "negative result." He did not go into detail, promising only that Mr. Erdogan would elaborate when he meets President Trump at the White House next week.
Mr. Erdogan could likely count on the backing of the dominant Kurdish faction in northern Iraq, which controls Iraqi Kurdistan
and has a difficult relationship with the main Kurdish groups in Turkey and Syria.
"Erdogan looking the other way as Trump moves to take Raqqa" with the Syrian Kurds, while Mr.
Trump looks the other way, or even helps behind the scenes, as Mr. Erdogan strikes in Iraq.
Iraq said that If he keeps telling everybody that he could do something in Iraq, I tend to think he could do something in Iraq.
Turkish said that I think this could be the basis of the Trump-Erdogan deal,
While it would do little to prevent the Kurdish autonomous areas inside northeast Syria
from consolidating, it would isolate those cantons from Kurdish areas in Iraq.
Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said on Wednesday
that "every weapon" that goes to the Syrian Kurdish group is "a threat against Turkey." Taking on the Syrian Kurds more forcefully would be difficult.
