And what about Turkey? Here's the short answer. Sultan Erdogan simply can't handle the Kurds -- either in Syria or in Turkey. He can't handle Syria. Not to mention he can't handle Moscow. There's a running joke from Syria to Iraq and Iran that one does not need to attack Turkey; you just let it fall apart by itself. Sultan Erdogan is making sure that happens.
The Sultan's myriad impasses explain why Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu -- he of the former "zero problems with our neighbors" doctrine -- is now saying Ankara is ready to talk to Moscow and Tehran about Syria, as long as that does not mean "legitimizing" Assad. Davutoglu is also developing the warped logic that Russian airstrikes increase the flow of Syrian refugees into Turkey. So expect Ankara to release another wave of refugees kept on "holding camps" all the way to Fortress Europe. And then blame it on Putin. And Putin's missiles.
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