The View from 30,000 Feet and 100 Years Later

"But when the outrage over the initial Syria decision settles, as it must, clear-eyed decisions must be made about the U.S. role in Syria and the Middle East more broadly. And that means facing facts." https://t.co/y0Gvy3VCVc

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 18, 2019

Amusingly, this article makes no mention of Turkey, the ceasefire that never was, the letter to Erdogan that even Erdogan is using to bash Trump with, the rout of Americans, the slaughter of the Kurds, the more than off chance Turkey (not just Syria) is going to be closer to Russia than NATO when the immediate crisis is over, or the complete collapse of U.S. influence, not to say power, in the Middle East that this represents.

And I'm not a Middle East, or even foreign affairs, specialist.

Addendum: and guess who is going to Sochi next Tuesday at the invitation of Vladimir Putin? Yep - President #Erdogan
- to discuss #Syria #Kurds

— Jon Sopel (@BBCJonSopel) October 18, 2019