DBWI: WI Turkey doesn't intervene in Syria?

[Uff Da the optimist]

My professor said in class today that Turkey originally wasn't intending on responding forcefully to the October 2012 border clashes, but Erdrogan, spurred on by popular sentiment for revenge, decided to intervene in the Syrian Civil War.

How do you think Syria would look today without Turkeys intervention?

I think no intervention means Assad remains the strongest player, but too weak to retake the country. Also, I wonder what the Kurds and Peshmerga would do with the north-eastern kurdish populated areas of Syria, now that there are no Turkish soldiers in those areas.

Finally, do you think it was a good or a bad idea for Turkey to NOT use article 5 and NATO's aid?(Except for some U.S logistical support)

 

[AussieHawker]

Probably be around the same. The Turkish stayed mostly in the North and while their 30 day campaign decapitated a few of the rebel groups it didn't overall matter. Plus the USA were going to get involved eventual to keep Iraq a Puppet state free from Rebel groups pouring over.