Via – Sara Carter

President Donald Trump sent a dire warning to Turkey Monday, on Twitter that if the NATO ally strikes in Northern Syria against the Kurdish people he will ‘obliterate’ Ankara’s economy but by mid-Monday, Turkish warplanes were heading over Northern Syria in a prepared strike against U.S. Kurdish allies in the region.

Shortly before the Turkish warplanes launched to strike, U.S. defense officials cut off Turkey from U.S. air defense systems in the region, according to reports.

The move to cut off Turkey from U.S. intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) networks is a significant admission that the Trump administration believes there is a high probability that Ankara will strike against northern Syrian Kurds.

Threatening to sanction Turkey may work in the short-term but the escalation in violence in the region proved it was not enough to stop the advance of Ankara against the Kurdish factions in Northern Syria. By the time I was almost done writing this column, the Turkish launched their strike.

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