Will this be the moment where Assad in his dirty alliance with Russia and Turkey relinquishes Syrian sovereignty over North East Syria? Could US recognize the independant state of Rojava (West Kurdistan)? @APDiploWriter @DefenseIntel
2. When you look at the MidEast historically its flaw & what makes it a threat to not only the West but the people there is the tendency towards authoritarianism. Whether Iraq under Saddam, Iran under the Ayatollahs, Assad family's Syria or now Turkey's Erdogan, authoritarianism
3. is central factor that brings instability & war. But Rojava has, at its central political tenant, strict anti-authoritarianism. Local rule protected by self defense forces that do not engage in the local politics beyond establishing the local democracy. Vermont in the Levant.
