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Funkydog posted...

That's a fair thing to be sceptic about then, yeah. A problem for pretty much Europe in general, even outside of NATO frustratingly and I'm not sure is an easy solution.

Turkey is essentially a toddler having a tantrum. Only they've been given a gun and taught how to use it.

Sure. But Turkey is also, what, the second largest military force in NATO? And they're strategically using this situation as leverage to get away with attacking Rojava without criticism from the west. They're also very interested in lifting the arms/military embargo that has been imposed on them, and this provides leverage for that as well. Sweden at least has already shown themselves willing to go along with that, even!
I think reducing it to a temper tantrum is a bit dangerous. Erdogan is a strongman dictator who is playing his hand the way he thinks is best. And in some ways it's not looking very different from how Putin tried to threaten his way into NATO backing down. With one crucial difference being that the west doesn't really care much about Kurds, compared to Ukrainians.