President
Barack Obama's stepped-up partnership with Turkey in fighting the
Islamic State may come at the cost of alienating another key group he's
counting on for help in the same conflict: the Kurds.
"Knowingly or not, the U.S. is going to end up having to choose between the Turks and the Kurds," said Blaise Misztal, national security director at the Washington-based Bipartisan Policy Center.
Reqad more: Turkish attacks on Kurds muddle Obama's Islamic State fight
"Knowingly or not, the U.S. is going to end up having to choose between the Turks and the Kurds," said Blaise Misztal, national security director at the Washington-based Bipartisan Policy Center.
While
defending Turkey publicly, the U.S. has been urging Turkey to be
"judicious" in its retaliation against the PKK, senior U.S. officials
said. But Turkey's air campaign shows few signs of letting up.
Turkish
jets hit Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq overnight and the
government said strikes would continue until the rebels lay down their
arms. White House spokesman Eric Schultz called Wednesday for "a return
to the peaceful solution process," but Turkey's prime minister shot down
that prospect until the PKK withdraws its armed fighters from Turkey.
Reqad more: Turkish attacks on Kurds muddle Obama's Islamic State fight
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