Do you think that a Turkish-backed Syria could win against Israel? If not, what kind of damage are we talking? Erdoğan is trying to rebuild the Ottoman empire. They already fought the US-armed and trained Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria, so they're arguably better trained than Israel, because Israel only messes with countries that have little to no support and thus limited training, especially against a modern army. Iran is the closest match, but even they aren't nearly as developed. Egypt and Saudi Arabia would remain neutral, Russia might just respond diplomatically. Turkey DOES have an air force – they're a NATO state. Turkey has mobile air defenses, although not many of them. Turkey has more tanks than Israel. They also have a bigger navy than Israel. They're literally a NATO state, so they have a NATO military, NATO doctrine, NATO training, not to mention diplomacy. Not only that, but due to the Gaza war, many Israelis are leaving the country, generation z Israelis oppose fighting anyway, Orthodox IDF bans were recently lifted and there were protests on the street, Israel is already stretched thin between Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon, plus financial offsets from the Gaza War amidst international condemnation. While America loves Israel, it's still possible the US might sit out on this one. Turkey has a bigger GDP than Israel and are more efficient economically (they manufacture almost everything domestically, including their own cars, steel, textiles, electronics, weapons). Plus Turkey is planning on taking over the T4 air base in Syria right along Israel's border and make Al-Saara's Syria a protectorate).
5 posts and 1 image reply omitted.>>2567882Turkey won the Syrian civil war.
>>2567920That's another thing: not too many countries are equipped enough for a guerilla war – Türkiye is.
>>2567921To illustrate how insane that is, even Israel, Russia and the US are not trained or equipped for guerilla war, only conventional high-intensity conflict. This is why Turkey is starting to redefine modern counterinsurgency doctrine.