Posted on 10/06/2015 4:51:52 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
The United States should threaten to retaliate if Russia does not stop attacking U.S. assets in Syria, former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote in a Financial Times op-ed published Sunday, urging "strategic boldness," with American credibility in the Middle East and the region itself at stake.
Moscow's apparent decision to strike non-Islamic State targets and those of Syrian rebels backed by the Central Intelligence Agency "at best" reflects "Russian military incompetence," and worst, "evidence of a dangerous desire to highlight American political impotence," wrote Brzezinski, the national security adviser for former President Jimmy Carter and a strong supporter of current President Barack Obama.
And if Russia continues to pursue non-ISIL targets, the U.S. should retaliate, he added.
"In these rapidly unfolding circumstances the U.S. has only one real option if it is to protect its wider stakes in the region: to convey to Moscow the demand that it cease and desist from military actions that directly affect American assets," he said.
"The Russian naval and air presences in Syria are vulnerable, isolated geographically from their homeland," Brzezinski noted. "They could be 'disarmed' if they persist in provoking the US."
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No and no.
First of all, what assets of ours is Putin attacking? The “rebels” who keep passing their weapons on to ISIS?
Second, the very last thing we need is Obama the beta male to work up the courage to start floundering around pretending to be “getting tough.”
I swear, this ditzy blond was the road map for blond jokes.
That would get us even more stuck to the Middle East tar-baby than we already are. Not a nuclear war. More a Vietnam 2.0. (Or would that be more a Vietnam 5.0 at this point?)
Oh, sure. From the gnimalf elohssa that gave up the Shah.
Those Cuban Tree Frogs are no laughing matter. Jimmah saw a rabbit once.
“America credibility”? Surely you jest.
What “bold moves” did the Carter administration make to free the hostages? It took the election of Ronald Reagan to put the fear in the Shah of Iran to release them.
“Credibilty?” Obama has none. He’s too busy trying to play community organizer in chief on social issues here in the states.
Let’s say - just for the sake of argument - that Obama succeeds in confiscating all guns, declares himself preside forever...Putin would take him out in 90 days.
The only one who thinks Obama is a badass, is Obama.
The man is brilliant and yet so stupid.
He gave Carter bad consul and US Foreign policy suffered major setbacks.
He gave Obama massive bad consul and now he's telling Ovomit to stand up for US interests? How utterly absurd!
Zbig is a Soviet mole for crissake because he plays the role of SUPER-Anti-Soviet/Communist
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I refuse to support a war with Russia if they balm our supported Al Qaeda terrorists rather than just the Al Qaeda terrorist who blew up the World Trade Center’s detonated IDs to kill our soldiers slaughter Christians Kurds and just about everyone else. The real question is why is the president of United States is not just for our meeting in supporting Al Qaeda terrorist for any reason
Why isn’t our president impeached for supporting an arming Al Qaeda
As Obama told Romney, The 1980’s are calling you”.
Brzezinski proved he is an idiot during the Carter administration. Apparently that has not changed.
US assets = ISIS
Proof positive we are supporting ISIS...
Why would anyone be against killing ISIS. Is beyond me?
According to the top commanders there are only 5 moderates in all is Syria.
The other 30,000 plus are Terrorist that attacked us on September 11th, 2001.
Anyone caugh supporting these monsters should be tried for HIGH TREASON.
Carter had a National Security Advisor?
Who knew?
You’re almost right. It wasn’t the Shah of Iran. He was long gone. It was Ruhollah Moosavi Khomeini.
No, he wants us to go to war with Russia because he's a Pole.
You’re right! My bad.
What is it with these people who hated our side during the cold war and would do anything to avoid conflict with the USSR including treason; suddenly we have to confront the Russians?
Is this an alternate universe or are all the drugs and booze I did as a young adult just catching up with me and this is a flashback on steroids?
Holy crap.
Obama, hangs them out to dry, just like in the movie “Clear and Present Danger”.
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