Michael Weiss

So... Yeah, no, I mean, it's all, it's ad hoc, but it's also kind of predictable. You know, whatever he feels is his own bottom line, whatever he feels is going to flatter him and enrich himself and his family. That's the play.

So... Yeah, no, I mean, it's all, it's ad hoc, but it's also kind of predictable. You know, whatever he feels is his own bottom line, whatever he feels is going to flatter him and enrich himself and his family. That's the play.

So... Yeah, no, I mean, it's all, it's ad hoc, but it's also kind of predictable. You know, whatever he feels is his own bottom line, whatever he feels is going to flatter him and enrich himself and his family. That's the play.

So I think a lot of this also has to do, again, you know, the Sultan Erdogan has played a blinder in recent days. I mean, Syria, Libya. clearly his relationship with Trump, also his relationship with Zelensky and the Ukrainians, which doesn't really get much attention, although I've tried to put a spotlight on that.

So I think a lot of this also has to do, again, you know, the Sultan Erdogan has played a blinder in recent days. I mean, Syria, Libya. clearly his relationship with Trump, also his relationship with Zelensky and the Ukrainians, which doesn't really get much attention, although I've tried to put a spotlight on that.

So I think a lot of this also has to do, again, you know, the Sultan Erdogan has played a blinder in recent days. I mean, Syria, Libya. clearly his relationship with Trump, also his relationship with Zelensky and the Ukrainians, which doesn't really get much attention, although I've tried to put a spotlight on that.

The Turks are actually much more pro-Ukraine than they appear, even though they get on okay with the Russians. But look, When I explained why the Turks allowed HTS to go on the offensive, it's because they could not get Assad to do what they wanted with respect to the Kurdistan Workers' Party or its Syrian affiliate, which goes by the name of the YPG, or if you are CENTCOM,

The Turks are actually much more pro-Ukraine than they appear, even though they get on okay with the Russians. But look, When I explained why the Turks allowed HTS to go on the offensive, it's because they could not get Assad to do what they wanted with respect to the Kurdistan Workers' Party or its Syrian affiliate, which goes by the name of the YPG, or if you are CENTCOM,

The Turks are actually much more pro-Ukraine than they appear, even though they get on okay with the Russians. But look, When I explained why the Turks allowed HTS to go on the offensive, it's because they could not get Assad to do what they wanted with respect to the Kurdistan Workers' Party or its Syrian affiliate, which goes by the name of the YPG, or if you are CENTCOM,

You call them the Syrian Democratic Forces. We like to make a big show that actually it's very integrated and you've got lots of ethnicities and there's Arab. I mean, the PKK runs. It's the upper echelon of the SDF. In fact, a lot of the guys in the Syrian Democratic Forces are not even Kurds from Syria. They come from the Kandil Mountains. Right.

You call them the Syrian Democratic Forces. We like to make a big show that actually it's very integrated and you've got lots of ethnicities and there's Arab. I mean, the PKK runs. It's the upper echelon of the SDF. In fact, a lot of the guys in the Syrian Democratic Forces are not even Kurds from Syria. They come from the Kandil Mountains. Right.

You call them the Syrian Democratic Forces. We like to make a big show that actually it's very integrated and you've got lots of ethnicities and there's Arab. I mean, the PKK runs. It's the upper echelon of the SDF. In fact, a lot of the guys in the Syrian Democratic Forces are not even Kurds from Syria. They come from the Kandil Mountains. Right.

Turkey has been at war with the PKK for over 40 years. Right. It's been a pretty nasty insurgency and counterinsurgency. A lot of bloodshed on both sides. PKK used to blow up police stations and do motorcycle bombings in southeastern Turkey, and the Turks would just bomb the shit out of them, as Donald Trump might say.

Turkey has been at war with the PKK for over 40 years. Right. It's been a pretty nasty insurgency and counterinsurgency. A lot of bloodshed on both sides. PKK used to blow up police stations and do motorcycle bombings in southeastern Turkey, and the Turks would just bomb the shit out of them, as Donald Trump might say.

Turkey has been at war with the PKK for over 40 years. Right. It's been a pretty nasty insurgency and counterinsurgency. A lot of bloodshed on both sides. PKK used to blow up police stations and do motorcycle bombings in southeastern Turkey, and the Turks would just bomb the shit out of them, as Donald Trump might say.

Also, not only in the Kandil Mountains, but now increasingly we've seen them go on the offensive against them in Syria. What's happened is, well, the Syrians have a new government. That government has made an offer to the PKK Kurds of Syria, knowing that the United States is going to leave.

Also, not only in the Kandil Mountains, but now increasingly we've seen them go on the offensive against them in Syria. What's happened is, well, the Syrians have a new government. That government has made an offer to the PKK Kurds of Syria, knowing that the United States is going to leave.

Also, not only in the Kandil Mountains, but now increasingly we've seen them go on the offensive against them in Syria. What's happened is, well, the Syrians have a new government. That government has made an offer to the PKK Kurds of Syria, knowing that the United States is going to leave.

And if the United States leaves and there is not some kind of rapprochement there, that the Turks will pour in and just put everyone to the sword, right? So I think the PKK has sort of seen the writing on the wall and said, our interests are now political more than they are military, and we have to do a deal. And if this sticks, I mean, it's the Middle East after all.

And if the United States leaves and there is not some kind of rapprochement there, that the Turks will pour in and just put everyone to the sword, right? So I think the PKK has sort of seen the writing on the wall and said, our interests are now political more than they are military, and we have to do a deal. And if this sticks, I mean, it's the Middle East after all.