MESOP NEWS ANALYSIS ROJAVA SYRIA ACTUAL SITUATION : THE CHARLES LISTER CHAPTER
A SUMMARY : THE FANTASIES ABOUT PYD/PKK AMBIGUITIES – 14 May 2017
Charles ListerVerified account @Charles_Lister – Replying to @Charles_Lister @ColinKahl
To suggest #YPG withdraws east of ERV in return for #Turkey accepting a land-bridge linking cantons = *everything* #Ankara rejects. 17/17
Charles ListerVerified account @Charles_Lister
Lots of talk of getting #YPG to ‘distance itself’ from #PKK, but #Obama position was they’d no ties at all. Ambiguity = sure failure. 16/17
Charles ListerVerified account @Charles_Lister – Replying to @Charles_Lister @ColinKahl
To suggest an enhanced US focus on countering #PKK (while working with #YPG) is baffling. Our point man in YPG is a 27yr PKK veteran! 15/17
Charles ListerVerified account @Charles_Lister Replying to @Charles_Lister @ColinKahl To suggest the U.S should demand a #YPG withdrawal east of ERV is also right – but we’ve tried that before & it determinedly failed. 14/17
Charles ListerVerified account @Charles_Lister
Serious Q – In what world (!) could we expect the #YPG to return all heavy weapons given to it by the U.S? I mean really?… Fantasy! 13/17
Charles ListerVerified account @Charles_Lister Suggesting #Turkey pursue talks with #PKK is right (I’ve also said so), but why would it do so while its #Syria affiliate is booming? 12/17
Replying to @Charles_Lister @ColinKahl
Countless *very* senior US officials have told me: “we’ve no control over #YPG decisions – not our job.” So… where’s our influence? 11/17
Charles ListerVerified account @Charles_Lister
The article suggests using #YPG for #Raqqa will prevent it from pursuing its broader goals in #Syria – I mean, really? On what basis? 10/17
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