The emptiness of Turkey’s complaints against Syrian Kurds

By Michael Rubin

Published September 3, 2019 3:16pm ET

The emptiness of Turkey’s complaints against Syrian Kurds — Cars and trucks line up to enter Turkey as hundreds of protesters gather during a demonstration at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, Syria, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, demanding that Ankara either open the border or end attacks by the government. | (AP Photo)

James Jeffrey, a former U.S. ambassador to Turkey, continues to seek to appease Turkish saber-rattling and appears ready to facilitate Turkish entrance into Kurdish-administered northeastern Syria.

This would be a terrible idea for several reasons:

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