A number of FReepers have postulated that members of DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) have made an end-run around the Obuma appointees.
Here is an article by George Soros in the current NY Review of Books (cover date Nov 10, 2016)
**On the Bombing of Aleppo**
The world is witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe of historic proportions. It is happening in Syria. It is being perpetrated by the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, in support of his protégé, Bashar al-Assad. Russian planes are bombing the civilian population of Aleppo, the country’s second-largest city, to assist Syrian government forces that are attempting to take control of rebel-held areas of the city.
The combined assault has, among other things, killed hundreds of people and wounded over a thousand, put the city’s remaining hospitals out of commission, and deprived the population of drinking water.
President Putin is moving aggressively to exploit the three months between now and the January 20 US presidential inauguration, based on a callous political calculation...
I appeal to the people of Russia, the US, Europe, and the rest of the world not to stand idly by, but to spread the word and voice their outrage. An outpouring of public opinion could induce President Putin to put an end to his heinous crimes against humanity.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/11/10/on-bombing-aleppo/
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