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Exclusive: Obama, aides expected to weigh Syria military options on Friday
Reuters ^ | 10-13-2016 | Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Landay

Posted on 10/13/2016 8:13:34 PM PDT by tcrlaf

U.S. President Barack Obama and his top foreign policy advisers are expected to meet on Friday to consider their military and other options in Syria as Syrian and Russian aircraft continue to pummel Aleppo and other targets, U.S. officials said.

Some top officials argue the United States must act more forcefully in Syria or risk losing what influence it still has over moderate rebels and its Arab, Kurdish and Turkish allies in the fight against Islamic State, the officials told Reuters.

One set of options includes direct U.S. military action such as air strikes on Syrian military bases, munitions depots or radar and anti-aircraft bases, said one official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

This official said one danger of such action is that Russian and Syrian forces are often co-mingled, raising the possibility of a direct confrontation with Russia that Obama has been at pains to avoid.

U.S. officials said they consider it unlikely that Obama will order U.S. air strikes on Syrian government targets, and they stressed that he may not make any decisions at the planned meeting of his National Security Council.

One alternative, U.S. officials said, is allowing allies to provide U.S.-vetted rebels with more sophisticated weapons, although not shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, which Washington fears could be used against Western airliners.

The White House declined to comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; braking; duplicate; obama; obamasyria; russia; syria; syriawar; war
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To: lee martell

I believe that Putin will acknowledge that Donald Trump will be a different kind of leader than the homo 0bama or Hillary. We’ll be just find - and fences will be mended quickly.


21 posted on 10/13/2016 8:36:14 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: FlyingEagle

Prayers up Flying Eagle, prayers up.

A hacker has already given notice of this very action for military action to detract from Wiki leaks, and hacker claims November 1st is the drop date to take Hillary out of the race.

But, yes, it is a WAG THE DOG scenario according to *hacker.


22 posted on 10/13/2016 8:37:50 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education is the farm team for more Marxists coming,... infinitum.)
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To: tcrlaf

They would serve America’s security concerns by looking to the medical maxim: ‘First, do no harm.’
Golfing would be the best thing Barky could do, but his Saudi overseers need American blood and treasure.


23 posted on 10/13/2016 8:41:48 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: wjcsux; flaglady47; Maine Mariner; ExTexasRedhead
You hit the whole point of this article.....Obama again broadcasting actions to the enemy (strategy meeting with top advisors) that should be kept secret.

I wouldn't be surprised if he announces the date, time and location of the meeting and who's attending.

The limousines pulling up in front of the White House or some other government meeting place will tell the tale.

For instance, it would be of help to the enemy to know if it's military/administration hawks or doves attending the get-together.....as well as other intelligence they can glean.....

Leni

24 posted on 10/13/2016 8:43:57 PM PDT by MinuteGal (GO, TRUMP !!!..........GO, PENCE !!!)
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To: chris37
Meanwhile it's another Unbelievable moment prior to departing Lakeland, Florida as yet another Veteran presents Trump with his Purple Heart.......


25 posted on 10/13/2016 8:44:33 PM PDT by caww
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To: tcrlaf

I agree with everything you said. This is ominous news.


26 posted on 10/13/2016 8:50:31 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: tcrlaf

He can always draw a red line.


27 posted on 10/13/2016 8:50:46 PM PDT by Flint
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To: tcrlaf

Shouldn’t they involve congress? This administration has not involved congress one time for the use of our troops!


28 posted on 10/13/2016 8:52:27 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: caww

Now that I love!

I cannot imagine what makes a man give another man his Purple Heart though.

That is quite a gift. I mean it’s like someone comes up to you and gives you the symbol of their personal valor, sacrifice and love of country.

These heroes love Trump, this much I know. That means a lot.


29 posted on 10/13/2016 8:54:32 PM PDT by chris37 (It's time to burn the GOP down.)
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To: tcrlaf

Ralph Peters was clamoring for war on Fox Business today. The Neo-Cons and the Clinton Machine want war.


30 posted on 10/13/2016 8:58:49 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: Flint

“He can always draw a red line.”

Or direct someone to make a manly warning since he has no man credentials and everyone knows by now.


31 posted on 10/13/2016 8:59:17 PM PDT by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress
I tend to agree, at least for a time...but I also believe Obama's in the process of allowing the nests to more than stir abroad.....he's stirring them.....and this deliberately.

Trump wrote after seeing Zhirinovsky's remarks:

Russia DOES NOT like Hillary Clinton. No one does

WE NEED ALLIES, NOT ENEMIES ....

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...Zhirinovsky said electing the Republican nominee would be a “gift to humanity”, while electing Ms. Clinton would likely start a third world war..."Americans voting for a president on 8 November must realize that they are voting for peace on Planet Earth if they vote for Trump. But if they vote for Hillary it's war."....."Trump will have a brilliant chance to make relations more peaceful, Mr Zhirinovsky said. “He's the only one who can do this."

Zhirinovsky described Hillary as "an evil mother-in law" and said it was too great a risk for a powerful country to be led by a woman."

Mr Zhirinovsky's flamboyant nature and brazen comments mean he is considered an oafish figure among Russians.....Yet he is also a long-time political insider who has had a seat in the Duma for more than two decades.

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-us-putin-donald-trump-vote-or-face-nuclear-war-a7358801.html

32 posted on 10/13/2016 9:01:21 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

Interesting . . . to say the least . . . and believable. Of course, the louder the Ruskies endorse Trump the more the left will use it and claim that he is an agent of the Kremlin.


33 posted on 10/13/2016 9:07:31 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: WENDLE

“It will blow you up bad politically.” or us.


34 posted on 10/13/2016 9:09:50 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (just a conspiracy theory, no facts behind the above post.)
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To: Dr. Pritchett
Yeah, some Nobel winner... Ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, check. Re-expanding our role in the Iraq conflict, check. Libya mess, including a dead ambassador, check. Syria in flames, check. Yemen in flames, check.

About the only areas of the world bammy, Clinton, and Kerry haven't effed up are Australia and Canada.

35 posted on 10/13/2016 9:14:44 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: tcrlaf

Weigh options is code for if it will help the RAT election.

Obama has been poking the bear to get us into a war.


36 posted on 10/13/2016 9:17:51 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Pilgrim's Progress
Let me also say I believe Zhirinovsky's remarks came after Hillary stated.... " I am the only one left standing to prevent the Apocalypse"..... Russia like all other nations, are watching these candidates very carefully....we only hear a short sound bite of Hillary making statements as that....But I heard her say it on a news channel not too long ago and wondered why it wasn't made more of a deal of....but Russia certainly did..just as they have all the other comments blaming Russia for everything she nor Obama can defend. We've been hearing this for over a year now.

I am no friend of Russia nor China for that matter, and am very uncomfortable they were thrown together by the actions of this administrations policies over these past few years. There is little done now without the others awareness.....

I do agree that Trump would stand a chance of creating a better environment with these two nations far better than Hillary....but they are becoming a formidable force together...and cannot be trusted long term, rather monitored very carefully...I think Trump understands that and better to at least appear as a friend than an enemy going into office.

Not a good position Obama is placing this nation in on the World Stage, he's leaving ore than a mess for the next administration to clean up.

37 posted on 10/13/2016 9:18:18 PM PDT by caww
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To: ThunderSleeps

His state department guy just threatened KJU with death today. Good news that Sasha and Malia can join the Infantry now if anything goes down. Good strategy.


38 posted on 10/13/2016 9:26:58 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: ThunderSleeps

His state department guy just threatened KJU with death today. Good news that Sasha and Malia can join the Infantry now if anything goes down. Good strategy.


39 posted on 10/13/2016 9:27:50 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: tcrlaf

Nuclear chicken between a Nobel Peace Prize winner and Putin?

God help us.


40 posted on 10/13/2016 9:28:16 PM PDT by Phil V.
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