Blinken is a former deputy Secretary of State under Obama and his nuanced thinking shows. The motives in the region are tribal, simple, where nuanced is not possible. Foremost the Kurds seek nationhood. They fight with their heart because of that end goal. Using Kurds as an imperial force to overtake Sunni Raqqa is a waste of the military power of an agent for peace and a rational politic in the region. Kurds have no interest in governing after the conquest a city that does not welcome them as their own. Secondly the idea that you can use Kurds and yet insist that Turkey's P.K. K. is not a part of it is a complication that leads to treachery.
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