I'm more in agreement with ChalkLine: the US could not stay in Syria or back the Kurds there forever, but whipping those advisors out without any notice (even to the DoD or the troops involved) was a particularly shitty thing to do.
As for the Turkish offensive being "long-planned" and "okayed in advance", I think there's a difference between understanding that this is something Turkey has long contemplated, and specifically signing off on something. The bluster about sanctions, with signals of European agreement, would seem to indicate that it wasn't agreed all around, as does the presence of American advisors even after the attack started.
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