Are the Kurds Peeling Away Turkey-U.S. Ties?
The PYD seems to be the soft belly of U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration, like a number of European Union governments. Neither the U.S. nor the EU countries want to send ground troops to Syria, perhaps drawing the correct lessons from Afghanistan and Iraq. They are more or less left with the PYD-led forces as the most effective ground troops in their air campaign against ISIL in both Syria and Iraq.