Posted on 11/17/2015 11:53:28 AM PST by jpl
France and Russia bombed Islamic State targets in Syria on Tuesday, punishing the group for attacks in Paris and against a Russian airliner that together killed 353 people, and made the first tentative steps toward a possible military alliance.
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a coordinated onslaught in Paris on Friday and the downing of a Russian charter jet over Sinai on Oct. 31, saying they were in retaliation for French and Russian air raids in Iraq and Syria.
Still reeling from the Paris carnage that killed 129 people, France formally requested European Union assistance in its battle and British Prime Minister David Cameron edged closer to extending military action against Islamic State in Syria.
Police investigating the worst atrocity in France since World War Two discovered two locations in Paris where they believe the militants launched their assault. Underlining the widening scope of the probe, police in Germany said they had arrested seven suspects, including two women.
In Moscow, the Kremlin acknowledged that a bomb had destroyed a Russian airliner last month, killing 224 people. President Vladimir Putin vowed to hunt down those responsible and intensify air strikes against Islamists in Syria. "Our air force's military work in Syria must not simply be continued," he said. "It must be intensified in such a way that the criminals understand that retribution is inevitable."
Syrian targets hit by Russian long-range bombers and cruise missiles on Tuesday included the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa. In a separate action, French warplanes targeted Raqqa for a second day running.
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Thanks Obama!
Obama is near tears in recent photos. His terrorist pals are on the hit list
B O is not a leader of the free world — he is the leader of the Glee world.
And Obama goes golfing!
Question:
France is targeting who? Russia is targeting who? And America is... well....I’m not sure anyone knows who we are bombing since we apparently are hoping from the opposite outcome as Russia. Who’s side are we on?
Does anyone know?
Looks like Barry will push our NATO allies into Putin’s arms. Incompetence, thy name is Obama.
Hollande should beg for forgiveness - Hollande is the one who was pushing for the Arab spring the most and wa spushing for the Assad regime to fall to these Islamists.
Obungo is an idiot.
Sweet, so other countries can actually do something perhaps, other than US. About time.
This is what Obama has wrought.
Just think where we’d be now if we had a real POTUS and SOS like Trump or Cruz for the last four years. ISIS would not exist, the ME would be much more stable.
Amazing foreign policy chops by Putin.
I was afraid of this. As soon as ISIS’ name popped up in Paris, the strategic grounds were in real danger of shifting and Putin had one hell of an opportunity. Only an idiot wouldn’t jump on it, and Putin is not an idiot.
You say it as if it were a bad thing.
Personally I would take Putin over 0dumb0 any day of the week. I think Putin has more of America's interests at heart than our muzzie terrorist-in-chief 0dumb0! There is not a single aspect of America that 0dumb0 has not undermined, weakened or downright betrayed in the last 7 years. I think in any previous era, he would have been arrested, tried & convicted for treason.
It absolutely is a bad thing. Presidents come and go, but strategic partnerships are usually long-term. It'll be quite difficult for France to maintain tight ties with both the U.S. and Russia due to frequently competing interests.
I think Putin has more of America's interests at heart than our muzzie terrorist-in-chief 0dumb0!
You'd be wrong. Obama may hate America, but you can bet Putin has nothing but Russia in his heart and mind.
That's how it should be for every country. Their leaders should put their country first, before all others. America first.
Odumb0 is within the top 4-5 most evil rulers in the world. In fact 0dumb0 hates everything about America, including our traditional values. The enemy of 0dumb0 is a friend & ally of mine!
There goes Crimea, Donestk and Lukask!
And if the Chinese get involved in Syria, they will get the Spartley Islands!
Re Obama watering a black piranha plant (ISIS):
The people on the ground can see the truth that pussified Americans can’t or won’t admit.
I’ve been thinking Amendment 25, Section 4. He’s either nuts, incompetent due to deep stupidity or he’s committing treason. Some or all of those apply.
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