Syria: Russian airstrike wounds six US-backed fighters

The Guardian ^ | Sunday 17 September 2017 03.17 BST | Associated Press

[Vostok-1]

A US-backed force in Syria said a Russian airstrike wounded six of its fighters on Saturday near the eastern city of Deir el-Zour while in southeast Syria, Syrian troops and their Iran-backed allies began a new offensive aiming to capture areas along the Iraq border under the cover of Russian airstrikes.

The command of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement that Saturday’s air raid occurred on the eastern side of the Euphrates River in the industrial area that was recently liberated from Isis.

The US military said in a statement that Russian forces struck a target east of the Euphrates River near Deir el-Zour causing injuries to US-led Coalition partner forces.

[Vostok-1]

Tsk-tsk-tsk.

[McGruff]

Is Syria worth one American soldiers life?

[Fresh Wind]

There are no “good guys” in Syria.

[Pollster1]

I don’t see why it is our business if the Syrian government or its Russian allies kill Syrian rebels on Syrian territory who are trying to overthrow the Syrian government. That’s what governments are supposed to do to traitors (Antifa and #BlackThugsMatter, take note).

[grania]

Your quote is from the President Trump we elected. We should not be in Syria. We should not be supporting troops in Syria that seek to overthrow their government. Why are we STILL doing so?

I thought the new mission was to annihilate ISIS, ant that's it. No more regime change.

[sockmonkey]

The US has arms buys through 2022. Guess we aren’t getting out of Syria.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/pentagon-hires-scandal-hit-brokers-for-syria-arms-buy-up-09-15-2017

[Clutch Martin]

If Assad goes, what fills the vacuum?

Hint: It ain’t secularism.

BHO, HRC, & Heinz Kerry love ‘em some Arab Spring...

[Psalm 73]

"A US-backed force in Syria said a Russian airstrike wounded six of its fighters....

And this is part of the danger here - what if it was six US Army Rangers that got hit by Russion pilots?
Mistakes do happen (we hit our own men sometimes), but what would be the fallout to direct Russian/US military contact?

[Terry L Smith]

“and the proxy war goes on”

[McGruff]

Yup. Wars have started for less.

[dp0622]

WHICH group we’re backing?

I heard we’re backing ALL sides so we can’t lose :)