Posted on 07/01/2016 9:21:11 PM PDT by Trumpinator
The Obama administration has proposed a new agreement on Syria to the Russian government that would deepen military cooperation between the two countries against some terrorists in exchange for Russia getting the Assad regime to stop bombing U.S.-supported rebels.
The United States transmitted the text of the proposed agreement to the Russian government on Monday after weeks of negotiations and internal Obama administration deliberations, an administration official told me. The crux of the deal is a U.S. promise to join forces with the Russian air force to share targeting and coordinate an expanded bombing campaign against Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria, which is primarily fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Under the proposal, which was personally approved by President Obama and heavily supported by Secretary of State John F. Kerry, the American and Russian militaries would cooperate at an unprecedented level, something the Russians have sought for a long time.
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I have to say as someone who is a foreign policy nerd what Putin has done in Syria is on par with stuff I read about Otto Von Bismarck's diplo-strategic brilliance. And Putin did it Syria with about 300 Spetsnaz advisors and 2 dozen fighter bombers.
Russian Air Force is back in northern Latakia with vengeance. Over 100 airstrikes today alone. #Russia https://t.co/28XLrc10Ce— Musti Obaid (@MustiObaid) July 2, 2016
Obama adopting Trump’s idea of joining up with the Russians to defeat terrorists. But let’s all pretend it was Obama’s idea.
Unreal. We offer to be their partner if only they will stop bombing the jihadis (our jihadis) trying to overthrow their Syrian ally, and IF will coordinate with us to make sure they don’t bomb our jihadis.
Insane. Thank god the Russians don’t suffer from our crazed delusion that ISIS is the only legitimate target.
Whats next, we ask them to fall under the command of CENTCOM and get target approval?
No, he isn’t adopting Trumps plan. He is still aggressively pursuing his overarching goal of collapsing the Syrian government.
This is Barry and his Sunni masters attempt to neutralize by assimilation, the Russian air force that is preventing his goal of removing Assad. The lunatic still thinks the only legitimate goal it to attack ISIS and that all other rebels must be assisted and protected. Russia hopes to catch them in the open with a SU-25.
obama....sit down shut that hole.
Just a point of advice... DONT TRUST PUTIN either. He does not have our interests at heart (or Israel’s either). Putin is helping out Iran and Hezbollah in Syria.
And Bibi spends more time in Moscow these days than DC.
Lastly, of the two branches of Islam, while both are crazy and evil, the Shia seem to be less crazy and more civilized than the Sunni branch of these devils. Maybe it is because Persia was a great civilized empire once under Zoroastrianism?
The quid pro quo is that Russis stop bombing US supported rebels. It is doubtful that Putin would agree to this. He wants to keep Assad in power. The US supported rebels want to take Assad down.
After knocking over a few pieces and pooping on the board, the pigeon then struts around acting as if it had won. The good chess player anticipates this and sets a trap for the strutting pigeon. (Excerpt from the book - How to play chess with a pigeon).
That’s why Putin bombs both forces (ISIS and US supported rebels) as they are both one in the same.
The Obama administration has proposed a new agreement on Syria to the Russian government that would deepen military cooperation between the two countries against some terrorists in exchange for Russia getting the Assad regime to stop bombing U.S.-supported terrorists.
Defining who exactly are the US-supported "rebels" may be a challenge. Many so-called rebels want to capture Assad and kill Christians, too.
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