Not that it's a huge surprise that President Joe Biden isn't doing the kind of stuff presidents should be doing on a daily basis, but a situation in the Middle East is brewing and the elderly commander-in-chief is virtually nowhere to be found.

According to Fox News, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is on the verge of invading the northern part of Syria in an effort to go after American-allied Kurdish forces, sparking a firestorm in Washington D.C. 

The Kurds were largely responsible for helping President Donald Trump destroy the remaining elements of ISIS during his first term in office.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) lost roughly 12,000 of its fighters in helping the United States defeat the terrorists that made up the ranks of ISIS.

What's going on?

Reports coming from the ranks of the SDF, according to Fox, indicated that Syrian Opposition and the Syrian National Army, both of whom are aligned with Erdoğan’s government, are establishing large concentrations of forces on their east and west flanks.

The source said the two groups "are building up around Kobani from the east and west directions. Assaults on the Tishreen Dam are still taking place intermittently. SDF confront them and push them back continuously."

The source added, "Additionally, the Kobani frontlines are subjected constantly to Turkish armed drones and artillery targeting. No support from any nation. Just the U.S. helping with mediation between us and the Turks aims to have a permanent cease-fire."

The SDF source added more detail regarding the assault, saying "The main attackers are called SNA, which constitute the Al Hamza division and Sultan Suliman Shah division, who are loyal to the Turkish MHP party leader Dewlet Bahçelî."

One of the many problems of the SDF being overrun is the strong possibility that over 10,000 ISIS prisoners could be let out of prisons by the jihadist-friendly, Turkish-aligned force.

Counter-terrorism experts say that such a scenario could reestablish the ranks of ISIS, which could pose a significant risk to American and Western interests.

Kennedy speaks out

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) spoke out on the matter this week, telling Erdogan to "leave the Kurds alone."

"The Kurds are America's friends… The people most responsible for helping us, most responsible for destroying ISIS, were the Kurds," the senator said.

"If you invade Syria and touch a hair on the head of the Kurds, I'm going to ask this United States Congress to do something," noting, "Our sanctions are not going to help the economy of Turkey."

The Biden administration released a milquetoast statement on the matter, signaling that it's not interested in helping our Kurdish friends.

"Syria is in a fragile state right now. We don’t want to see any party take an action to pursue their own unilateral interests over the broader interests of the Syrian people. We continue to talk to the Government of Türkiye and others in the region about a path forward that de-escalates tensions, not one that escalates them.