Shocks to the system

All eyes are on Capitol Hill this week. If the US Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delegation gets short shrift in Ankara tomorrow then we can expect a full spread of US sanctions on Turkey before the end of October. Meanwhile, President Erdogan has stated today that he will not cease his invasion of Northern Syria no matter what the US or Russia do (hence this editorial) and his forces are now already standing opposite the Russian backed forces of the Syrian government and the remains of the Kurdish army – essentially either side of