SDF are wasting resources and manpower fighting for Al-Riqqah which will be a long bloody operation that will take several months to complete .
Turkey should focus first on completing Euphrates shield securing Al-BAB and Manjib which will ultimately put an end to the dream of connecting illegal kurdish cantons in Syria .
SDF will be sold by Americans at the end , the Trump Administration will concede Al-riqqah to Arab forces at the end .
http://aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-should-hand-over-gulen-to-turkey-top-trump-adviser-/682457
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Turkey should be a top priority in U.S. foreign policy, a top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday in an article that slammed Barack Obama for failing to understand Ankara’s geopolitical position.
“We must begin with understanding that Turkey is vital to U.S. interests,” retired Gen. Michael Flynn wrote for the Hill newspaper. He also called Turkey "a source of stability in the region”.
Flynn was a key national security adviser to Trump during his presidential campaign and is expected by many to be appointed to a Cabinet position, possibly as defense secretary.
The veteran general wrote that it was “an unwise policy” for the Obama administration to keep Ankara at arm’s length,
“We need to adjust our foreign policy to recognize Turkey as a priority. We need to see the world from Turkey’s perspective,” he wrote.
Seems the new US administration will partner with Turkey and leave the SDF in northern Aleppo and Riqqah to their destiny .