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US warns Syrian regime not to fly near coalition troops
France 24 ^ | August 23, 2016 | Staff (AFP)

Posted on 08/22/2016 6:11:03 PM PDT by Navy Patriot

The Pentagon warned the Syrian regime Monday it is prepared to shoot down planes threatening US-led coalition forces in northern Syria, but stopped short of declaring a no-fly zone.

US military officials reacted furiously last week after jets from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad targeted Kurdish forces and coalition advisers fighting Islamic State jihadists around the northeastern city of Hasakeh.

The US military scrambled fighters on at least two occasions to ward off the Syrian planes, but neither incident resulted in air-to-air contact.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fly; no
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Who is gonna blink first?
1 posted on 08/22/2016 6:11:03 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Another Obama “red line” painted on the shifting sands of the Middle East.


2 posted on 08/22/2016 6:13:36 PM PDT by littleharbour
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To: Navy Patriot
Donald Trump's speech tonight in NO WAY stopped short of ANYthing.

And President Trump will put men back into the Pentagon and turn them loose with his blessing.

So too cops.

3 posted on 08/22/2016 6:14:00 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true ... and it pisses people off.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Well, that ought to scare the crap out of them.


4 posted on 08/22/2016 6:15:35 PM PDT by jessduntno (The mind of a liberal...deceit, desire for control, greed, contradiction and fueled by hate.)
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To: Navy Patriot

So we’re in Syria, and get to call the shots?


5 posted on 08/22/2016 6:17:40 PM PDT by Gunpowder green
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To: littleharbour

When they called Syria, I wonder if it went straight to Putin’s voicemail ?


6 posted on 08/22/2016 6:17:46 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: Navy Patriot

Another strongly worded threat from Barack Hussein? I can guess how much Assad and Putin are quaking in their boots.

7 posted on 08/22/2016 6:17:48 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Navy Patriot

The S400 says no...


8 posted on 08/22/2016 6:18:00 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Navy Patriot

So the illegal invader is threatening the country’s own government not to fly in their own airspace, eh? Audacity to say the least. O’s illegal war- making on behalf of his Islamonazi dictator and terrorist gangster comrades is gonna get us into some really deep doo doo, and he’s sure looking like he will do it before Election Day, too


9 posted on 08/22/2016 6:21:31 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Navy Patriot

What are we going to do? Throw spit balls? Why are we in this mess in the first place? To fulfill the Clinton Foundation’s promises?


10 posted on 08/22/2016 6:21:53 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (<<<<< he no longer IS my 'teddy bear'.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Turkey is going to launch artillery strikes backed up with air vs the YPG, the pentagons “ plan B” to attack Syria ( after plan A, ISIS)

So when Turkey crosses the “red line” and kills some of our illegally inserted troops in Syria, what is obama going to do about it.

Oh wait. Lie, blame it in Assad and Putin, , and start a new war


11 posted on 08/22/2016 6:30:01 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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“. . to fulfill the Clinton Foundation’s promises?”

Exactly, and line that creepy Sid Blumenthals purse,


12 posted on 08/22/2016 6:30:05 PM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: Navy Patriot

Coalition? What coalition? Did I miss a UN security council vote? did I miss a congressional authorization of force?

This is a rabble of jihadi banditti, with Americans mixed in to declare a no fly zone so we can continue our evil work. Its crap to put our men there to work FOR the jihadi side, and to act as human shields. That’s all they are.


13 posted on 08/22/2016 6:33:20 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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US warns Syrian regime not to fly near coalition troops or else.


14 posted on 08/22/2016 6:36:46 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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By what authority are our military forces in Syria? The only legitimate government in Syria is the Assad regime, and the only outside force that Assad has invited into Syria is Russia. It is hard for me to believe how things have flipped so completely in just three decades. We used to defend legitimate governments against subversive invaders; now we are the subversive invaders toppling legitimate governments. It’s a world turned upside down.


15 posted on 08/22/2016 6:38:36 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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I don't got to show you no steenkin' Security Council badge!

16 posted on 08/22/2016 6:40:09 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: Always A Marine

You mention the only legitimate government in Syria. Assad’s government still sits in the UN as the only official representative.

We cant get them out of their UN seat, and now we are attacking their government. Our aggression is out of control. This is a war to overthrow the Syrian government disguised as an anti ISIS operation.


17 posted on 08/22/2016 6:41:09 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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To: Navy Patriot

How ‘bout warning the Syrian refugihadis not to get to close to American citizens.


18 posted on 08/22/2016 6:42:35 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Government and Founding Documents Great Again!)
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To: Always A Marine

And our special forces are being used as human shields.


19 posted on 08/22/2016 6:42:50 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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To: Navy Patriot

Will the white house and pentagon follow this up with a sternly worded tweet? They must be shaking in their boots right now!


20 posted on 08/22/2016 6:43:06 PM PDT by parmamenian
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