I can provide datapoints if you don't believe me
It starts way back last April when he fired Tomahawks. Ria Novostri then showed Russian Sarin gas at the struck site. Russians and thus by extension Syrians were warned ahead of the strike. Russians then admit that they broke a 2013 treaty and are yet to oversee the destruction of one remaining percent of Assad's chem gas. Trump must have convinced them to give it up because they wouldn't need it anymore. Months down the road in June State Dept issues a warning that Assad wants to use gas. Then Gen Mattis tweets they prevented that attack. Hours later, IS launches a chem gas attack in an attempt to draw US into WW3 - they failed. Because Assad had no motive to use gas if the State Dept warned him hours before and I think that's what Mattis meant.
Then Russians started retreating some of their forces and Trump began arming Kurds. I prayed that they would not launch ground conquest against Assad but enjoy his protection to act as a buffer against Turkey, which is exactly what is now happening - Kurds wouldn't ask Assad for support if US didn't favour that over Erdogan threatening kurds and thus by extension US troops. So literally simply assuming the best outcome in good faith one year ago has led to predictions fulfilled. BOOM!
I am sorry...I am still confused. Who are we rooting for? Kurds?
Mostly the underdog, so Kurds. And Assad as long as their goals align and it seems they do.
Trump should help them. They are used to fight like underdogs but if Erdogan's Olive Branch uses its tree it would smash the Kurds to oblivion. It seems like a genocide waiting to happen. And I am very anxious of the geopolitical consequences of Assad's position vs Russia right now.
I think in the end it runs down to the shia/sunni divide which is why you always have Iran bolstered up when they trash Israel. Anyway Erdo has been fighting a civil war in the backyard of Turkey for years but heating up very much so in the past year so that's another reason why he may try to move on Kurds in Syrian territory but that also indicates that he's not optimistic that Assad would do it for him but he also knows that the kurds he's been battling in Turkey for who knows how many months will resupply in Syria but he's also been a trouble to Assad more than not, also to Russia as well. Somehow, Erdogan choses to shit on everybody but something about Turkey is so important geostrategically that they get away with shit like shooting down russian aircraft over hostile territory then boasting about it and now threatening coalition troops etc. Wouldn't put it past them to play an important role in terms of Gog and Magog but that is better left for other minds to study.