MICHAEL TOTTEN: What Just Happened In Syria? “Everyone already knows we’re backing the Kurds against ISIS, and everyone already knows the Turks would rather see an ISIS victory than a Kurdish victory. None of this is even remotely a secret. It’s all right out in the open. Official denials aren’t fooling anybody. Besides, pretending we’re not doing what we clearly are doing just makes it look like the Turkish government’s complaint is legitimate. It’s not.”