[GoldenState_Rose]

And this is only if there are strikes, which is looking ever less likely. The only time this communication was breached was when U.S. forces inadverently killed a bunch of non-military Russian mercenaries. The presence of whom was kept secret and leaked to the Russian public only after death tolls mounted.

[cowboyusa]

Hillary would have had us all dead.

[Starboard]

With both nations operating in the same region, the chances of a miscalcuation, miscommunication, or misidentification are ever present. I hope the protocols are well established and fail safe. Things could very quickly spiral out of control.

[dynoman]

Except for the time the Russians kept attacking a position of ours and we wiped out their entire group even using strategic bombers. 200 Russian soldiers were killed.

[BeadCounter]

Informative article, thank you.

[Redwood71]

You can’t “control” a civil war. And we, like a lot of the major world players, haven’t been able to stop a thing in the middle east because we are not allowed to play by their rules. So they can do what they want.

rwood