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The real test will be the Kurds. Turkey couldn't openly support HTS but it's thought that they have al-Golani the green light as they were making no progress with Assad. Turkey won't want Syria to break up as that would be the start of a new Kurdistan so how will they deal with what comes next.
It'll also be interesting to see what the West do as he and HTS are currently designated terrorists.
What do you do when terrorists overthrow a despot?
Depends, which of them sells oil in dollars?
Depends on their plans for the day after.
Depends on if the despot is one of ours or not.
Usually if they aren't then the West is backing the overthrowers. The tricky thing here is we weren't backing any side so there will be a bit of a diplomatic scramble to figure out where the land lies.
Ultimately as we've happily worked with terrorists and despots in the past, we'll have no issues bending our "morals" to accommodate another one.
Turkiye is also changing its position with Kurds, since the Turkish Ultranationalists openly asked for Ocalan’s release from prison, who is the founder, primary ideologue and the ex-leader of the Kurdish PKK.
Well that's some good news then
At least we can set the bar for him at "What? Hell no I'm not joining ISIS"
He said "Fuck that, I'm going to make my own Islamic state, with blackjack and al-qaida... you know what forget the al-qaida part"
Godd luck Syrian's, that war has been going on for way too long. Hopefully they get some peace.
He's a god damn hero, that's who he is.
The group was affiliated with Al Qaeda and has torched villages of ethnic minorities. Just because he claims (without proof) to do something acceptable, doesn’t mean he’s a fucking hero.
Sometimes, evil can replace evil.
Easy on the kool-aid.