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US Special Forces deployed as ‘human shields’ to salvage terror assets in Syria
RT ^ | Nov 1 2015 | Finian Cunningham

Posted on 10/31/2015 11:55:49 PM PDT by WilliamIII

Obama’s decision to send Special Forces into Syria is being widely viewed as a US military escalation in the country. The troop dispatch also signals that the US trying to forestall Russian successes in wiping out Washington’s regime-change assets in Syria.

In short, the US Special Forces are being used as “human shields” to curb Russian air strikes against anti-government mercenaries, many of whom are instrumental in Washington’s regime-change objective in Syria.

First of all, we need to view a host of developments, including the hastily convened “peace talks” in Vienna, as a response by the US and its allies to the game-changing military intervention by Russia. That intervention, beginning on September 30, has not only dealt massive blows to militants, it has completely changed the balance of forces to give the Assad government the upper hand in the war against foreign-backed extremists. That, in turn, has sent the US-led powers trying to topple Damascus into disarray.

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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Israel; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: agitprop; astroturf; egypt; eritrea; finiancunningham; humanshield; iran; iraq; israel; jihad; kgb; kurdistan; lebanon; paidrussiantrolls; patricelumumbaschool; putingaveiranthebomb; putinsbuttboys; russia; russianpropaganda; russianstooge; russianstooges; sinai; specialforces; syria; syriarebels; syriawar; vladtheimploder; waronterror; yemen
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

I’m afraid u are right. It is suicide for our troops. Whether ISIS or Russian bombs.
Why would the clown do it?


21 posted on 11/01/2015 1:08:48 AM PDT by Undecided 2012
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To: WilliamIII
"US Special Forces deployed as ‘human shields’ to salvage terror assets in Syria"

That's what we've come to expect from comrade dictator obama. Special forces personnel are expendable, his ill advised policies are not.
22 posted on 11/01/2015 1:17:16 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Jeff Chandler

Jeff, check your post. It has been hijacked by the Unicode to ASCII problem.


23 posted on 11/01/2015 1:20:15 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: jonrick46

I’m just wondering if posting articles related to Soviets appear fine during preview, but show up unreadable after one hits ‘post’.

I think Jeff did his as a sendup of cyrillic takeover.


24 posted on 11/01/2015 1:10:05 AM PST by txhurl
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To: WilliamIII

This is from one Putin’s propaganda organs. He’s been running a full scale information campaign against the US. Obama is a disaster. Putin is too. We don’t have to choose to prefer one liar and one violator on human liberty over the other. They both deserve our scorn.


25 posted on 11/01/2015 1:59:06 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution. Go Cruz.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Name one decision made in the White Hut not called by VJ ...


26 posted on 11/01/2015 2:37:27 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: lee martell

After what happened with Extortion 17, I think the families of our Special Forces need to consider that the “Commander in Chief” is a foreign enemy combatant who actually wants the Islamists to win.

Everything Obama has done supports that premise, and the fact of his lawless coup to get into our White House shows that SOMEBODY had the power to make threats to hold the system hostage. Who has that kind of power? Means, motive, and opportunity. Follow the money. Follow who has benefitted from Obama being in our White House. It all makes sense when you look at the evidence.


27 posted on 11/01/2015 2:40:48 AM PST by butterdezillion (.)
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To: WilliamIII
It seems that most of the Syria “Hard News” that we are getting these days - like this article - is coming from RT. As a result it would seem reasonable for us to question the validity of the source.

Is RT a trustworthy source for news?

I've asked this question before and the answers seem to be that YES, RT probably is trustworthy. But I'm not 100% convinced that there isn't a little Russian propaganda sprinkled into the reports.

Anyone with any real knowledge of the issue should post their opinion.


28 posted on 11/01/2015 3:00:08 AM PST by InterceptPoint
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To: WilliamIII

What good can come from putting only 50 of our best and brightest in harms way over there. What if some get captured by ISIS?


29 posted on 11/01/2015 3:02:21 AM PST by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: InterceptPoint

It’s probably good to question every source.

But be sure to question the propaganda side of western sources as well. Lord knows they spew as much crap as the RT.


30 posted on 11/01/2015 3:10:10 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: WilliamIII

May the Good Lord keep them safe!

I can’t imagine what their families are going through, right now. Knowing that incompetents have risked their loved one’s life.


31 posted on 11/01/2015 3:17:00 AM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: McGruff

Sometimes, I think that is what they are hoping.

A video of a Captured American would get the blood lust going and Obama would get his war.


32 posted on 11/01/2015 3:29:23 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: WilliamIII

Was the goal for Syria regime-change? Jarrett knew that wasn’t going to happen. They are so expert at getting people to migrate, I bet this is all a diversion for the invasion of jihadists into Europe. All of it. The billions sent into Syria may just be funding the immigration, it sure isn’t resulting in anything else.

Why support the Kurds now? I welcome it but why now?

“Another indicator of what is really going on are reports this week of the large-scale airlifting of jihadist mercenary groups out of Syria. According to senior Syrian army intelligence, up to 500 mercenaries were flown to Yemen onboard Turkish, Qatari and Emirati planes.”

Saudi-US coalition. I never was good at chess.


33 posted on 11/01/2015 4:40:00 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: GraceG
So Obama is resorting to Palestinian tactics???

Most muslims fight alike.

34 posted on 11/01/2015 4:44:15 AM PST by Go Gordon (Barack McGreevey Obama)
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To: WilliamIII

Barky’s Saudi masters speak, he obeys.


35 posted on 11/01/2015 4:50:59 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: WilliamIII

And still the US Military bows down at the feet of obamit and protects it with their lives.


36 posted on 11/01/2015 5:02:39 AM PST by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware, a terminally ill US Marine is the most dangerous thing on earth.)
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To: WilliamIII

CIC to troops:

“So, you just go out there and hang out around the Syrians who we are stupid enough to believe are on our side.”

“Putin will be sufficiently intimidated by your presence that he won’t attack them, even as they go after Assad.”

“This will force Putin back to the negotiating table with John effin Kerry, where he will embarrass Putin into submission.”


37 posted on 11/01/2015 5:08:35 AM PST by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: McGruff

“What good can come from putting only 50 of our best and brightest in harms way over there. What if some get captured by ISIS?”

Nothing good can come of it. But doing right is not what is intended, either.

If Obama, Kerry, Hillary and possibly John McCain are not eventually tried as war criminals, Hermann Goering deserves a postumous exoneration for “waging aggressive war” and “crimes against peace”.


38 posted on 11/01/2015 5:28:34 AM PST by Psalm 144 (ObamaCons: depraved and venomous issue of intimacies between Obama and NeoCons.)
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine

“And still the US Military bows down at the feet of obamit and protects it with their lives.”

The brass will do whatever they are told in order to advance their careers. The troops will do what they must to make the best out of a bad, no win situation. We don’t have soldiers’ councils, nor should we.

The example of Sergeant Charles Martland being cashiered for attempting to terminate an ongoing warcrime, tells you all you need to know.

This time, the military depends on US to help THEM. Some worthy questions here for the candidates.


39 posted on 11/01/2015 5:33:32 AM PST by Psalm 144 (ObamaCons: depraved and venomous issue of intimacies between Obama and NeoCons.)
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To: txhurl
Seems they do not all show up in preview, at least that is my experience. I previewed a post got rid of all the crap caused by apostrophes then posted it. The quote marks turned into crap when posted but not when previewed. Oh well.
40 posted on 11/01/2015 5:38:14 AM PST by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied, Otto von Bismarck)
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