Michael S. Smith II said that by allowing the Turkish invasion into northeastern Syria, Trump and Erdogan have played into Putin's hands.
In response to a tweet that suggested America was played as well, Smith said:"America did not get played. Trump did."on Sunday evening. Kurdish forces agreed to give up control of the semi-autonomous border towns of Manbij and Kobani to Damascus in return for military support.
"Meanwhile, I don't think there are many reasonable-minded analysts that would consider the history of Putin's regime as something other than a continuation of a Communist, anti-NATO ethic." "Putin created a situation where he led Erdogan to believe that he would tolerate Erdogan making this move against the Kurds and what Erdogan didn't seem to anticipate is that this enabling of sorts would lead to increased tensions with governments in NATO member states. This factors squarely into Putin's agenda.
"This is Putin putting on a show of strength and reminding Erdogan who the real power players are in this situation.
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