![Truth, Politics and Power show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/070/051/small/truth-politics-and-power.jpg)
Summary: Turkey's escalation in it's war against US backed Kurdish fighters puts the United States on a collision course with a NATO ally and offers a window into the contradictions of U.S. Middle East policy in a post ISIS Syria. For Syria's Kurds, it means being caught in between President Erdogan's plan to eliminate a "mortal enemy", and President Trump's overarching goal in the region ... to confront Iran.