I'm hoping we do.. But all these preparations could have just been done to put pressure on Biden.
The problem is that syria is no pressure for the USA or Russia, but its critical to Turkey. Both these states know that and both are happy to make trouble for Turkey. The real question why after 10 years are we in this position?
How did AK party so poorly calculate the syrian adventure? How did they not see that even the americans would side against them over syria? How was it not obvious that the PKK/Kurdistan state would be Americas main aim, something they hope to eventually take into Turkey itself. How did they not see these obvious realities.
About 2 years in it was clear to me that America had no intention of removing Assad. Everything they were doing was really about weakening the Syrian regime to allow a kurdistan to be created on Turkeys border.
So now we face a situation where we have to risk a direct confrontation with either or even both the USA and Russia over stopping them in their regional ambitions. Before Turkey moved into east syria the americans were even openly talking about targeting Turkish assets if we hit the communist terrorists.
You leave this cancer to grow and in time they will even attempt to create no fly zones for Turkey first over northern syria and iraq and then into south east Turkey itself.
The syrian mess is the biggest gift the feto supported islamists gave the republic of Turkey.