Though the US seems to be moving closer to expanding its new Iraqi air war into neighboring Syria, the question of how to do so without coordinating with the Assad government remains unclear.
The Syrian government has made it clear they welcome an intervention on their behalf against ISIS, but they want it to be a public coordination, and not just unilateral US strikes wherever they feel like.
That’s a problem for the US, which today ruled out any coordination with Syria under any circumstances. The US was prepared to attack Syria only a year ago, on behalf of the Syrian rebels, and doesn’t want to publicly admit to support for Syria against those selfsame rebels now.
Despite that, the US is providing aid to the Assad government in the form of targeting intelligence funneled through Germany. The pretense of not cooperating with Syria, then, appears to be the primary issue.
Exactly how the US will get around that is uncertain, but convincing Syria to allow the airstrikes without some sort of public rapprochement so soon after a threatened US invasion is no small task.
Obama will likely turn on Assad when ISIS is thought to be neutralized. Obama is still insisting on another $500,000 million for the "moderate rebels.
The vanity of the fool-in-chief prevents him from admitting a mistake.
Seem to remember Richard Perle saying of Afghanistan ~we wish we could ally with Mother Theresa, but we got who we got.
But what they do have with Assad is a devil-by-policy–the usual object-type that they're obligated by Jewish lobbying to repudiate.
Obama is coordinating with Assad,he is just not telling anyone. The logic is that there is still American hostages held captive in Syria and they need intelligence on the ground.
Hope Assad tells Obama to shove it.
no he won't, he'll let Barry drive ISIS underground all while while digging in for Barry to turn on him.
Syria is about to get a first-hand understanding of what Pakistan has to endure in the way of drones. The FedGov does not ask for permission to carry out its aggression.