Iran troops to join Syria war, Russia bombs group trained by CIA

Reuters ^ | 10-02-2015 | By Laila Bassam and Andrew Osborn

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Hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria to join a major ground offensive in support of President Bashar al-Assad's government, Lebanese sources said on Thursday, a sign the civil war is turning still more regional and global in scope.

Russian warplanes, in a second day of strikes, bombed a camp run by rebels trained by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the group's commander said, putting Moscow and Washington on opposing sides in a Middle East conflict for the first time since the Cold War.

Senior U.S. and Russian officials spoke for just over an hour by secure video conference on Thursday, focusing on ways to keep air crews safe, the Pentagon said, as the two militaries carry out parallel campaigns with competing objectives.

[tumblindice]

Yeah, it does look like the Russians are going to accomplish in a few days what Barry pretended to want to do for the last seven years: putting these savages to flight.

There’s nothing wrong with our armed forces, or at least the ones he hasn’t corrupted.
The problem is, of course, top-down.

Obama could pull tourists off the sidewalk and host cannibal meals in the White House, and there would be no calls from the MSM for impeachment.

[zzwhale]

bombed a camp run by rebels trained by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency ..... BS
we were told that there were only 5 or 6 remaining “freedom fighters” trained by the ussa... the rest ahd defected to ISIS... if youre going to lie... keep your story straight

[DUMBGRUNT]

Some years back, I read, that due to budget cuts at the CIA, they were eliminating positions where diarrhea was part of the job description.

Does not appear the satellite stuff has yet replace boots on the ground.

[Cicero]

I used to know several of the top guys in the CIA. Not that they told me so, but there were various indications. They were all Ivy League graduates from privileged families.

Once at a beach barbecue supper a young fellow told me that he father was on the Board of Air America, back in the Vietnam days. Busy smuggling drugs, I suppose. I knew his father well, for many years. He was a nice guy, but probably not the best choice to defend our country. As it happens, I attended a memorial service for him last summer.