Russia Accuses U.S. of Deliberately “Bombing Desert”

forzanuova-us.org ^ | May 26, 2016 | Maximus

[Trumpinator]

In a separate interview with France’s Europe 1 Radio service, Pushkov said that the Russian aerial campaign in Syria would take three to four months.

“The US-led coalition spent a whole year pretending they were striking ISIL targets but where are the results of these strikes?” Pushkov asked.

The Americans have been “pretending” all along, he continued. “It’s the intensity that is important. The US coalition pretended to bomb Daech for a year, but there are no results. If you do it in a much more efficient way, the results will be seen.” He added that in his view, 80 percent of all the US strikes have been pointless.

Turning to Russian intervention in Syria, he ruled out ground forces becoming involved in the war, and said that Russia was intervening to “maintain Syria as an independent state” but also to provide protection for Russia.

“The Islamic state is an expansionist organization. They indicated that they had very important goals in Central Asia, our military allies,” he said, referring to the possibility of militant Islam spreading throughout the former Soviet states to the south of Russia, and even into the Russian state.

[AC86UT89]

First we need to decide what their name is. ISIS? DAESH? DAECH? ISIL? So confusing..

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks AdmSmith. Distantly related sidebar -- CNBC (on the Roku stream) this morning has a Russian oil minister talking about OPEC, f'cryin'outloud.

[silverleaf]

I believe this

[silverleaf]

The good guys call them Daesh because they hate it
It is used contemptuously.
So Daesh they are

[BobL]

So who makes more sense in Syria, us or the Russians?

(something for the Putin-haters to deal with)

[bert]

if you check, it was the Russians that destroyed the Germans

[rbg81]

What does it say when you find Russia’s pronouncements more credible than POTUS’s?

[SpaceBar]

if you check, it was the Russians that destroyed the Germans

I don't need to check. You are correct. 27 million of them. Do I really need to dot my historical i's and cross my t's to make a comment here?