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Associate Professor, Security Studies @USMC_CSC | Non-Resident Senior Fellow on Turkey @FDD | Adjunct Professor @georgetownsfs
Oct 15, 2019 10 tweets 2 min read
1. There is no immediacy clause for TR’s incursion in Syria. In fact, the conditions for hot pursuit have not been established, hence overwhelming international concern/condemnation. What concerns did the joint patrols not address that required a military incursion? 2. Thinking that if Turkey is able to “explain” its message is a failure of public diilomacy. You first have to have a sellable message. There is only so much you can do with image of radical elements decapitating women (ref: @kinikli88_ENG)