Too many people talk nonsense here.
Put the cards on the table. Which cards does Turkey have, which cards does Russia, regime and Iran have?
Some people dont understand that Turkey cannot use its drones day in day out against rats that pop up like mushrooms after killing them. Also Russia keep supplying these rats with thousands of out-dated (but still efective to kill innocent people or rebels) vehicles and stuff.
Turkey is not in direct confrontation with the regime. If so, the Turkish army would already have launched an ground offensive. The use of proxies is a tough task and especially if you are dealing with undisciplined powers. This costs a lot of energy. What do you think? That you can win a battle with just using drones etc? Those drones and all other things don't throw bunches of flowers but stuff that costs millions. We must remain realistic.
Turkey has shown the last week what it is capable of when it MUST take action! Despite the lack of F-16s (outside of some situations), Turkey has caused the regime to suffer badly.
If Turkey and Russia could not reach an agreement, the fight would have continued.
Turkey is now trying to breathe and gain time. Don't forget that Turkey is also putting its energy into Libya, which is much more important for the future of Turkey.
Do you think this is all is child's play? Turkey is on its own against almost the entire world.
And stop insulting our martyrs by saying they died for nothing!
