Dobbins and Martini: US, Turkey, Syria: What is possible (and impossible) for the Kurds now
October 21, 2019 at 10:16 AM EDT
The real choices before the Trump administration in eastern Syria were: staying indefinitely; preparing an orderly exit, thereby opening the way for the return of the Syrian state and its allies; or leaving suddenly without warning. The administration ultimately defaulted to the worst of these alternatives.