After the Syrian Pullback: What Next for U.S. Middle East Policy?

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Thats the elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about because this would be considered anti-semitic novadays but lets be real for a second, there are two states that can stand in front of Israeli ambitions in ME whatever it might be. One is Turkey the other Iran now guess which two get the most pressure currently.

Those two are too big to invade like the other smaller ones so other options are being used currently, why else would the Americans say they will continue to sanction Turkey even if it stopped the operation completely?

But thats also another typical American mistake, not only do those sanctions push Turkey further away it also pushes it towards self-sufficiency, and on top of that it shows Turkey that theres nothing to loose so why stop the operation at all?

As we talked about China-Turkey relationship, I said China tender the olive branch many times.

Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense Mary Beth Long said Turkey purchased the S-400 from Russia only after which we had to talk him out of purchasing the command-and-control communication system from the Chinese.

Those purchases are high sensitive assets, Russians and Chinese would like to see a more self-sufficient Turkey militarily and economically. With TurkStream and BRI projects, Turkey has more and more leverage over the west.

China welcome Turkey as a more and more independent power in the ME and the world arena. We share huge mutual interest. Of course, we have disagreement, but we can isolate that issue and build up relationships on other aspects.