Posted on 09/30/2015 4:05:24 AM PDT by nuconvert
EXCLUSIVE: Russian officials have demanded that American warplanes exit Syrian airspace immediately, a senior U.S. official told Fox News early Wendesday.
The official told Fox News that Russian diplomats sent an official demarche ordering U.S. planes out of Syria, adding that Russian fighter jets were now flying over Syrian territory. U.S. military sources told Fox News that U.S. planes would not comply with the Russian demand
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Jason Corcoran(BizNewsEurope)
32 minutes ago
Fortification of US Moscow embassy continues as Russia strikes Syria. Now fixing barbed wire along entire perimeter
https://twitter.com/jason_corcoran/status/649235678530772994
“Russia is our friend”
Putin is NOT out friend
“They have hit Homs & that’s not an ISIS stronghold.
There are terrible pics & videos coming from there. The Russians are killing Syrian civilians.”
It IS a stronghold of the Free Syrian Army.
And Putin/the Russians likely don’t give a damn about the “Civilian” casualties.
Tweet Fron Nancy Youssef, Daily Beast National Security Correspondent
1 minute ago
Overheard at the Pentagon: “Right now, we are Putin’s prison bitch.”
Watch the number of pregnancies, man on man sexual assaults at land, sea, air double as our newest socially created Obammy service members seek the exits.
Settle in for the double-header sports fans.
How about that fagn fannin over at the air farce front and center, now.
These aren’t “civilian casualties”.
The Russians are intentionally bombing Homs because it has been a safehaven for anti-Assad rebels., NOT ISIS.
After bending over backwards and giving the Russians everything they wanted in the east, you now expect concessions in the west ? Stupid is too kind a word.
Dasbadanya Beyotch Boy!!!
At least the Rooskies did say please. :-)
Way to go Buckwheat!! Where is your red crayon line now... see?
Nancy Youssef
1 hour ago
Overheard at the Pentagon, in response to Russian 3-star rolling up to embassy to announce Syria strikes: “Sometimes our life imitates art.”
Yes, quite right.
Our troops are the best, but are powerless without a leader. They can do nothing by themselves, and that is according to US law.
Please point to the instances where the Constitution has stopped 0bama from his many illegal activities. He operates by executive order and via edicts from his many (unconstitutional) department “Czars”.
Even Putin followed his country’s law by requesting authorization before starting the bombing in Syria.
Obama never did in Libiam Syria, Pakistan, etc, as he is REQUIRED to by US law.
Putin announced to the world that he was going into Syria to Fight ISIS, not intentionally bomb men, women & children in an area devoid of ISIS fighters
Send some of our subs in on point.
Not buying their subs are “undetectable.”
Russia has legitimate commercial and Treaty interests in Syria.
We have no interests in Syria. None.
If Israel is not threatened and not squealing, why should we care what happens there?
What do you propose?
ANY threat that is not based solidly on legitimate, and known, US Interests will be seen as another Obama bluff. The MOST dangerous of situations.
“Putin announced to the world that he was going into Syria to Fight ISIS, not intentionally bomb men, women & children in an area devoid of ISIS fighters”
To the Russians and Assad, the US-backed groups are the same as ISIS.
Done to us or our strategic national interests? The Russian takeover of the Crimea and invasion of East Ukraine is one specific ongoing case. They also shot down a civilian airliner.
Second. The construction of nuclear plants in Iran and providing them with anti-aircraft missiles is a threat to the region and our allies, including Israel.
Third. The support of Assad regime which harbors terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas and tried to obtain nuclear weapons. Israel's preemptive strike took our Syria's nascent nuclear facility.
Fourth. In August 2008, American-Russian relations were strained, when Russia invaded Georgia. Russia claimed that it was a mission to protect Georgian separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgian bombing of civilian areas. The United States supported Georgia in the conflict, sending humanitarian and military aid to Georgia and assisting with the withdrawal of Georgian troops from Iraq.
Fifth. Relations between the United States and Russia worsened when in late July 2013 Russia granted political asylum to the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who was wanted by U.S. prosecutors for theft of government property and espionage. This further aggravated relations between the two countries and led to the cancellation of a previously planned one-on-one meeting between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin that was scheduled for early September 2013 in Moscow, Russia
Sixth. The Russians have taken provocative actions violating US airspace and buzzing our aircraft and ships in international airspace and waters in many locations around the world. For example, a Russian fighter jet, flying at high speed, came within 10 feet of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the Black Sea in May of this year. List of incidents involving Russian military and Nato since March 2014
I could add many other cases of what Russia has done to us over the past 25 years. You have asked for three and I have provided six.
We have Americans in harm’s way, but why? Can anyone give a succinct statement of America’s strategy or even interests at that point? Obama has left us here, but there is no “Obama Doctrine,” no purpose other than demoralization.
I have been irrationally loyal—sticking it out through two Bushes and a Clinton, but Obama is our well-deserved judgment. Putting you trust in politicians to save America is like go to Planned Parenthood to have your baby. God is not mocked
The US and UK have quite a few special forces teams operating all over in Syria (if multiple reports are to be believed). What’s to say this isn’t Russia clearing some of them out? Russia can’t have our operators running around in their new backyard..
“Obama was elected twice with the two highest vote totals in US history. “
Highest number of votes not percentage. Big difference. He has NEVER polled above 50% of the population, and now languishes barely at 40%.
“I can only hope that all the fools who celebrated this guy’s election are totally embarrassed.”
Do you seriously thing all these fools even know there’s a conflict in Syria?
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