Russian and Turkish Forces Conduct Joint Airstrikes Against ISIS in Syria because Sunni Arab forces are required to retake Sunni Arab regions from ISIS. Obama administration has a misguided idea of using the Kurdish pesh merga as an imperial force by arming them to retake Raqqa for who? The Kurds are strong because they have a political unity that desires a nation state for their people. They do not have the political power nor will to conquer, defend and govern a Sunni Arab region. Yes they took back Kobani from ISIS two years ago but that's a Kurdish city, a region that the pesh merga was willing to die for to retake and a population that welcomed Kurdish governance. Retaking Raqqa with Kurdish forces would be a careless waste of an ally for peace in the Middle East.
Secondly it appears Russia has a clearer idea about Syria than just supporting Bashar al-Assad and his Allawite tribe in regions where they are not welcome. Foggy Bottom just doesn't get it, Syria is balkanizing and we are the only ones resisting it to the detriment of the people of Syria, a resistance that is the root cause of the inhuman conditions that exist there.
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