The stakes are higher than ever rn
Syria is on the table with its lands and resources up for grab
With the Turkish govt ingenious move, they managed to kick out one side from the table and get on the forefront of the race to grab Syria; however, the opportunistic assholes such as Europe (particularly Germany, France, Greece, and Italy) have all started rallying against Turkey to prevent them from taking the first position
The US/Israel is also doing all that it can to prevent Turkey from destroying its 50 years-long project of Kurdistan that was supposed to dismantle Turkey, Iraq, and Syria to smaller states that will fight against each other for eternity
The time is ripe for the final move from Turkey to crush the SDF; the Turks literally are in their GOLDEN HOUR
1- The Syrian people are with Turkey
2- Most of the state's institutional and economic resources are in the pro-Turkey govt's hands; in other words, the Turkish side has the legitimacy
3- Russia, Iran, and Assad have kicked the bucket
4- The US is busy with its transition of power till the 20th of January
5- The Turkish army and its proxies are still in really good shape
Turkey should strike now while the Iron is hot..... sooner or later that sliver of opportunity presented to Turkey will soon evaporate and actors who werent even on the stage for the last 10 years (EU states) will take a part of the cake if not all of it and will leave Turkey in the dust after the turks doing all the hard work while they get the rewards
And the rewards Turkey will get are astronomical amd worth fighting for tbh
1- Increasing Turkey's geopolitical influence in the region
2- Obtaining the possibility of a free trade deal with a market of 20-30 million people that was previously closed to Turkey and Turkey will have the advantage over other competitors to that market due to its geographic proximity
3- Access to extremely cheap gas and oil for Turkey that may even be cheaper than Russia's and improve its trade and current account
4- Removal of terrorist states that want to divide Turkey, Syria, and Iraq from the surroundings of Turkey
5- Obtaining a
brother-like as well as a
vassal-like state of ~20 million people whom will help Turkey in its time of need
6- Establishing a possible maritime EEZ between Turkey-TRNC-Syria that will provide even more legitimacy
7- Ensuring Turkey's hegemony within its surrounding nations that may enforce Armenia to further capitulate to Turkey's demands (as they will be isolated) and possibly create a buffer zone against Russia, Iran, and Israel that will benefit Turkey in the long term to its blue homeland doctrine
8- Ensuring that Turkey concentrates on its Blue homeland doctrine and liberate it from Greece's and Europe's excessive colonialist plans and greed while their backs are secured
9- Possible return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland while preserving the pro-Turkey sunni demographic in Syria that both Iran and the USA wanted to destroy