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U.S. and Russian Jets Clash Over Syria
daily beast ^

Posted on 06/19/2016 7:33:05 PM PDT by traumer

American and Russian fighter jets had a tense showdown in the skies above Syria as the Russians dropped bombs on U.S.-backed rebels.

U.S. and Russian fighter jets bloodlessly tangled in the air over Syria on June 16 as the American pilots tried and failed to stop the Russians from bombing U.S.-backed rebels in southern Syria near the border with Jordan.

The aerial close encounter underscores just how chaotic Syria’s skies have become as Russia and the U.S.-led coalition work at cross-purposes, each dropping bombs in support of separate factions in the five-year-old civil war. The near-clash also highlights the escalating risk of American and Russian forces actually coming to blows over Syria, potentially sparking a much wider conflict between the world’s leading nuclear powers.

The incident began when at least two twin-engine Su-34 bombers, some of Moscow’s most advanced warplanes, struck what the Pentagon described as a “border garrison” housing around 200 U.S.-supported rebels in At Tanf on the Syrian side of the Syria-Jordan border.

The rebels had been “conducting counter-ISIL operations in the area,” the Pentagon stated on June 18, using an alternative acronym for ISIS.

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To: dfwgator

“This crap started with Kosovo.”

Agree AND must add...

IMHO, this is when the US government began to overtly side with muslims against Christians.


161 posted on 06/20/2016 8:07:23 AM PDT by texteacher
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To: Paulie

“The McCain wing of the RINO party won’t rest until we’re at war with Russia and probably China too.
obama just wants war with Israel.”

Lethally accurate statements.


162 posted on 06/20/2016 8:10:22 AM PDT by texteacher
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To: Helicondelta

“I wonder where Obama got the authorization to wage this war in Syria.
Any chance Paul Ryan will sue him?”

...do not worry, PR assured fellow Americans he would stop an over reaching President. ( do I need the sarcasm symbol?)


163 posted on 06/20/2016 8:16:04 AM PDT by texteacher
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To: traumer

Wonder what these guys are thinking...

http://www.jcs.mil/Media/News.aspx


164 posted on 06/20/2016 8:26:15 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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To: raybbr

A very good analysys IMHO..


165 posted on 06/20/2016 8:51:13 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: traumer
I'm confused. Over the weekend was news that lawmakers and many in the state department want Obama to further target Assad forces. WTF? Why would we want to hit Assad? He is helping us kill ISIS. I wouldn't go as far as to call him an ally, but we should step out of the way, maybe even use back channels to get intelligence to him, and let him nix ISIS.
166 posted on 06/20/2016 9:18:33 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: boycott

And yet we hear calls to attack Assad. I would go as far as to question whether Sunnis, driven from their homes from Assad’s bombing are really refugees? They are the majority and may have been supporting ISIS.


167 posted on 06/20/2016 9:20:20 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: Read Write Repeat
Except many in Obama’s team, and some GOP, want to target ISIS and Assad. What lunacy is this?
168 posted on 06/20/2016 9:21:22 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: Mariner
If Obama allows the shoot down of a Russian aircraft to protect some odd varietal of terrorists, the generals must shoot him asap.

Now you're talkin'.

But hell, they wouldn't have to shoot him, I'd be willing to bet that if there are still any God-fearing, Constitution-loving Generals left, that if one could get within arms reach of that Kenyan traitor, they could just put him in a head lock and snap his f--king neck.
169 posted on 06/20/2016 9:27:22 AM PDT by mkjessup (Hillary Rotten Criminal is a f--king murdering sociopath. You want that in the Oval Office?)
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To: Sam Gamgee

US foreign policy long before Obama took office.

The focus is ISIS, as they are the most destabilizing force in the region.


170 posted on 06/20/2016 9:29:19 AM PDT by Read Write Repeat
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To: traumer

Dear Russia:

Thank you for bombing the snotburgers out of the suicide-bombing, goat-pestering subhuman throwbacks to the Neanderthals that our overpromoted minstrel of a president is backing in order to help his Muslim pals. Those of us in America with an IQ above room temperature sincerely appreciate it.

If you have a chance to catch a large number of high-ranking Democrat activists and/or politicans in the same place, please feel free to repeat this course of action and announce to the world that your pilot accidentally jettisoned live ordinance over an area “confirmed to have no intelligent life”.

Regards,

A.B.C.

(A Beleagured Citizen)


171 posted on 06/20/2016 10:10:24 AM PDT by Laser_Ray (Another nifty idea)
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To: Sam Gamgee
Better coverage in the UK media !

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3650287/US-Russian-fighters-dramatic-showdown-Syria-American-pilots-scramble-confront-Putin-s-jets-bomb-Pentagon-backed-Syrian-rebels.html

172 posted on 06/20/2016 10:39:50 AM PDT by traumer
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To: Texas resident

“Looks like baraq is going to ramp up confrontations with Russia and then leave the next president holding the bag. Fits his pattern”

Agreed, he’s going to commit as much mayhem as he can before he leaves office. Look out.


173 posted on 06/20/2016 10:41:47 AM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (Proud Islamophobe.)
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To: traumer

0bama’s Mid east foreign policy is a Charlie Foxtrot.

Last thing we need to do right now is get into a shooting war with Ivan.

5.56mm


174 posted on 06/20/2016 11:01:46 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: M Kehoe

Charlie foxtrot?


175 posted on 06/20/2016 12:03:57 PM PDT by mulder1 ("It is not the critic that matters")
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To: mulder1

“Charlie foxtrot?”

Cluster fu@k.

5.56mm


176 posted on 06/20/2016 12:11:51 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: texteacher
"Time is running out to get regime change in Syria."

From Dict.org:
R'egime \R['e]`gime"\ (r?`zh?m"), n. [F. See Regimen.] 1. Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system. [1913 Webster]

Also, see the word, or. Why do you want stability in Syria with allies of the mullahs in Iran in power?

"You know the Iraq regime change worked splendidly. (BIG) s/"

Why do you want stability in Iraq with allies of the mullahs in Iran in power?

It's odd, seeing comments from people without relevant training but so much vanity and confidence in their lack of authority on defense issues. They're easily directed by foreign enemy propaganda and so sure that they're correct in being misled.


177 posted on 06/20/2016 12:35:53 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: texteacher; Helicondelta
"I wonder where Obama got the authorization to wage this war in Syria.
Any chance Paul Ryan will sue him?
"

"...do not worry, PR assured fellow Americans he would stop an over reaching President. ( do I need the sarcasm symbol?)"

Public education and organized private education are sorely lacking in civics instruction. See the War Powers Act (the real Act of 1941 and Second War Powers Act of 1942--not the later pro-commie Resolution dishonestly called an act).


178 posted on 06/20/2016 12:56:01 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: familyop

I am very much aware of the War Powers Act and firmly support the process. I honestly believe our military should NOT be involved in military conflict w/o the approval of Congress.
I believe at this point, Obama could get our military into an escalated war in Syria causing war against Russia and Congress would do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. We would then be in war without congressional approval.
I am absolutely opposed to this scenario.


179 posted on 06/20/2016 1:13:16 PM PDT by texteacher
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To: texteacher
"Obama," "Obama..." Fallacy. Very few are really oblivious to the obvious situation, and tactical plans are made by generals.

Socialist political class folks in both political parties want every dime to go to their civilian government incomes rather than defense. They have no concern for future consequences of their actions or the security of our American people.

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180 posted on 06/20/2016 1:45:52 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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