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Brzezinski: Obama should retaliate if Russia doesn't stop attacking U.S. assets
Politico ^ | October 5, 2015 | By Nick Gass

Posted on 10/06/2015 4:51:52 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

The United States should threaten to retaliate if Russia does not stop attacking U.S. assets in Syria, former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote in a Financial Times op-ed published Sunday, urging "strategic boldness," with American credibility in the Middle East and the region itself at stake.

Moscow's apparent decision to strike non-Islamic State targets and those of Syrian rebels backed by the Central Intelligence Agency "at best" reflects "Russian military incompetence," and worst, "evidence of a dangerous desire to highlight American political impotence," wrote Brzezinski, the national security adviser for former President Jimmy Carter and a strong supporter of current President Barack Obama.

And if Russia continues to pursue non-ISIL targets, the U.S. should retaliate, he added.

"In these rapidly unfolding circumstances the U.S. has only one real option if it is to protect its wider stakes in the region: to convey to Moscow the demand that it cease and desist from military actions that directly affect American assets," he said.

"The Russian naval and air presences in Syria are vulnerable, isolated geographically from their homeland," Brzezinski noted. "They could be 'disarmed' if they persist in provoking the US."

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TOPICS: Editorial; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: brzezinski; destabilizer; elitist; is; isil; isis; islamicstate; nwo; obamasyria; russiahater; russiasyria
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To: Brad from Tennessee

No and no.

First of all, what assets of ours is Putin attacking? The “rebels” who keep passing their weapons on to ISIS?

Second, the very last thing we need is Obama the beta male to work up the courage to start floundering around pretending to be “getting tough.”


21 posted on 10/06/2015 5:19:51 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I swear, this ditzy blond was the road map for blond jokes.


22 posted on 10/06/2015 5:22:06 AM PDT by biff
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To: all the best
I'm afraid that Obama might actually listen to him -- he's a white guy, a Democrat, and speaks with an accent -- would do something really stupid, and actually begin a shooting war with Russia.

That would get us even more stuck to the Middle East tar-baby than we already are. Not a nuclear war. More a Vietnam 2.0. (Or would that be more a Vietnam 5.0 at this point?)

23 posted on 10/06/2015 5:25:15 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Oh, sure. From the gnimalf elohssa that gave up the Shah.


24 posted on 10/06/2015 5:28:14 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act)
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To: Arlis

Those Cuban Tree Frogs are no laughing matter. Jimmah saw a rabbit once.


25 posted on 10/06/2015 5:30:01 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

26 posted on 10/06/2015 5:32:34 AM PDT by McCloud-Strife ( USA 1776-2008)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

“America credibility”? Surely you jest.

What “bold moves” did the Carter administration make to free the hostages? It took the election of Ronald Reagan to put the fear in the Shah of Iran to release them.

“Credibilty?” Obama has none. He’s too busy trying to play community organizer in chief on social issues here in the states.

Let’s say - just for the sake of argument - that Obama succeeds in confiscating all guns, declares himself preside forever...Putin would take him out in 90 days.

The only one who thinks Obama is a badass, is Obama.


27 posted on 10/06/2015 5:36:13 AM PDT by FrankR
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
This is absurd as the master of Carter's failed Presidency, “Zbig” was young Obama’s foreign policy mentor in the run up to the 2008 election.

The man is brilliant and yet so stupid.

He gave Carter bad consul and US Foreign policy suffered major setbacks.

He gave Obama massive bad consul and now he's telling Ovomit to stand up for US interests? How utterly absurd!

Zbig is a Soviet mole for crissake because he plays the role of SUPER-Anti-Soviet/Communist
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28 posted on 10/06/2015 5:37:24 AM PDT by Netz
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To: Arlis


29 posted on 10/06/2015 5:37:42 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (When the going gets tough--the Low Information President Obie from Nairobi goes golfing/fundraising)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I refuse to support a war with Russia if they balm our supported Al Qaeda terrorists rather than just the Al Qaeda terrorist who blew up the World Trade Center’s detonated IDs to kill our soldiers slaughter Christians Kurds and just about everyone else. The real question is why is the president of United States is not just for our meeting in supporting Al Qaeda terrorist for any reason


30 posted on 10/06/2015 5:49:03 AM PDT by wgmalabama
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To: wgmalabama

Why isn’t our president impeached for supporting an arming Al Qaeda


31 posted on 10/06/2015 5:50:25 AM PDT by wgmalabama
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To: Brad from Tennessee

As Obama told Romney, The 1980’s are calling you”.


32 posted on 10/06/2015 5:52:07 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Brzezinski proved he is an idiot during the Carter administration. Apparently that has not changed.


33 posted on 10/06/2015 5:58:00 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Brad from Tennessee

US assets = ISIS

Proof positive we are supporting ISIS...

Why would anyone be against killing ISIS. Is beyond me?

According to the top commanders there are only 5 moderates in all is Syria.

The other 30,000 plus are Terrorist that attacked us on September 11th, 2001.

Anyone caugh supporting these monsters should be tried for HIGH TREASON.


34 posted on 10/06/2015 6:05:07 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Carter had a National Security Advisor?

Who knew?


35 posted on 10/06/2015 6:11:10 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Obama = Harper - Mercer)
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To: FrankR

You’re almost right. It wasn’t the Shah of Iran. He was long gone. It was Ruhollah Moosavi Khomeini.


36 posted on 10/06/2015 6:11:56 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: goldstategop
He wants us to go war with Russia to save our terrorists they’re bombing to restore our credibility

No, he wants us to go to war with Russia because he's a Pole.

37 posted on 10/06/2015 6:14:27 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Diseases desperate grown Are by desperate appliance relieved Or not at al)
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To: Portcall24

You’re right! My bad.


38 posted on 10/06/2015 6:16:11 AM PDT by FrankR
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To: Brad from Tennessee

What is it with these people who hated our side during the cold war and would do anything to avoid conflict with the USSR including treason; suddenly we have to confront the Russians?

Is this an alternate universe or are all the drugs and booze I did as a young adult just catching up with me and this is a flashback on steroids?

Holy crap.


39 posted on 10/06/2015 6:18:53 AM PDT by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Obama, hangs them out to dry, just like in the movie “Clear and Present Danger”.


40 posted on 10/06/2015 6:27:48 AM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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