Posted on 10/10/2015 12:40:56 AM PDT by elhombrelibre
Among the first clues that Russia was mobilizing for a military offensive in Syria were requests Moscow began making in mid-August for permission to cross other countries’ territory with more and larger aircraft.
“We were getting the word the Russians were asking for inordinate overflights,” a senior Obama administration official said, referring to reports from U.S. allies receiving the requests. Russia was seeking clearance for not only cargo planes but also “fighter aircraft and bombers” that Syrian pilots had never been trained to fly, the official said. “It was clear that something pretty big was up.”
But despite that early suspicion — which only intensified as Russia then deployed fighter jets and teams of military advisers — the United States seemed to be caught flat-footed by the barrage of airstrikes that Moscow launched last week.
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Another Shocker!
American intelligence reminds me of a cat. It can stare at one mouse hole indefinitely. But it can be distracted by a bit of string.
I’m sure 0bama is very content with the way things are shaping up with ISIS in Syria .
Just like the build up of large black fagged convoys riding across Iraq’s open desert, and Zero sat there like he did not know what was going on.
Occam’s razor is a better approach.
Yes, but it’s good to see that even a generally left-of-center, Democrat paper sees how ineffective Obama’s use of force is.
Maybe the damn will break?
No kidding. Remember the quote about Ramadi from Obama’s SECDEF? It’s fall was no big deal.
I am amazed by the Putin detractors on FR. After all Putin is magnitudes smarter than a gaggle of ignorant Libtard faggot boys and girls (and trannies!)
to understand the situation, you must first understand that Barack Hussein Obama has absolutely no interest now about any thing outside the boundaries of the USa
his only real interest is establishing a liberal utopia within the boundaries and completing the fundamental change. his totally political mindset does not include anything military except money to be withdrawn to be spent on crack ho’s.
Continuing abortions, deconstruction of the military, regulating the environment, regulating the work place, redistribution of the wealth....... these are all that matters in the final days.
He has destroyed West Virginia. I would not be surprised if a West Virginia Militia drags him out ot the White House hand blows him and his family away
It seems like the most recent descriptions of the U.S. intelligence department usually contain the phrases “generally caught flat-footed, prod with impunity, non-reactive, leaderless”.
They weren’t caught flat footed, they were caught in a lie.
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