The plan put out today is that the US troops would leave rather quickly out of Syria, and Turkey would be taking the ISIS prisoners, with the likely plan for Turkey to exercise control over this extreme northern region of Syria (the Kurds operate this zone).
Anger by the Kurds? They kinda want their own independent area, without Assad or the Turks, and the US 'protection' was the only way to achieve that.
How many US troops? No one really says. It might just be in the 1,000 to 2,000 range.
So what happens now? First, you have to wonder about these ISIS prisoners, of which around a thousand are European prisoners, and Trump wanted all of them returned to their native lands.....which most European countries said 'NO'.
What will Turkey say? I'm guessing here, but I think they will put them on a raft with clean clothing and drop them as refugees on some Greek isle, and a month or two down the line.....some Greeks piece together that these are all former ISIS folks....getting highly upset. The Turks offering to take them back? Maybe, but for a price.
As for this Kurd influence continuing in northern Syria? No....that will end.
It wasn't the war for the US to be in, or change dynamics. Go back to Senator McCain's visit in 2013, and ask about his connection to the ISIS players at that meeting. A bunch of people felt they were helping....in bringing civil war to Syria. In the end, they just made it more miserable for everyone in Syria.
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