Everybody knows the joint objective of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Barack Obama is “Syria without Assad.” Where they diverged was not the objective but on how to achieve that objective.
Until their May 16 meeting at the White House, it was possible to speak plainly on how the two leaders differed on ways and means of reaching the goal of “Syria without Assad." In recent days, their different views appeared as contrasts.