US officials told CNN today that Russia has positioned its warplanes to prepare itself for involvement in the war against ISIS, and while they don’t know exactly what their intentions are, Russia could begin launching such strikes at any moment.
The Obama Administration has struggled with their narrative on this possibility, railing at Russia for potential intervention in favor of the Syrian government and saying their involvement in the war against ISIS would make the war take longer.
France seems to be taking the opposite position, with Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius egging Russia on, daring them to hurry up and start launching strikes against ISIS, saying that if Russia is really as against ISIS as they say, they be attacking them.
“What’s important in the fight against Islamic State is not the media strike, it’s the real strike,” Fabius declared, insisting Russia does a lot of talking about being anti-ISIS, but isn’t sending its warplanes against them so far.
While the US officials’ report suggested that Russia’s bombing would involve the warplanes already deployed inside Syria, other reports suggest Russia has relocated a number of its long-range bombers to southern Russian air bases, which would give them the ability to launch strikes into Syria from Russian soil.
Russia has been urging a “broad coalition” against ISIS, seeking coordination with Iran, Iraq, Syria, and the US-led coalition on the fight against the ISIS forces. The call was mocked by President Obama, and the US is said to be reducing intelligence coordination with Iraq to spite them for agreeing to share with Russia.
Good. Hope it's not too late so save Syria.
It would be best for Putin to stay out of this mess. Let the Syrians, Iraqis and other ME countries solve their own problems without external interference.
That would be ideal, if the US and the West weren't interfering. "IS" isn't "their own" problem but a creation of the West.
I agree Rick. Washington has messed thing up so badly that the only way Syria can be saved is if Russia takes the lead. Maybe the urging of the French shows that Europe is fed up with the way the US has f****d things up.
Such attack on these barbarians should been done a year or two years ago, but any time is good time for these barbarians to be vaporized. This is 2015 people around the world demanding for democracy to function for people, not bankers nor oil companies mafia, nor fake politicians or religious believers, there is no room for barbarism nor their Stone Age caliphate regime.
There is no more Syria to save.
When this is over, what was once Syria (a made up state invented by the British and the French) will return to the tribes that lived there.
Assad and the Allawite tribe will get the northwest, ISIS and the Sunna Tribes will get the the south, Iran and the Shiaa tribes will get the east and the Zionists will take the Golan heights with its Druze tribes.
Syria is over.
Iran and Russia only care about keeping ISIS fanatics away from their border by fighting them on Foreign land. The US only care about its diminishing Mid-East hegemony. Turkey only want an excuse to kill Kurds and the Zionists want to keep all their neighbors killing each other instead of fighting them.
Look at the map, Ethan. Damascus is in the Southwest.
I Know where Damascus is.
Assad and his nearest haven't been there for a while.
They hide in Latakia and Tartus with most Allawites.
Eventually Hizballah will give Damascus as a lost cause and will move north with the remaining Allawites.
Damascus will become the prized jewel of the Jabhat al-Nusra and Latakia will become the new capital of Allawite Syria (The Sunnis there will either flee to the east or die)
Russian planes have killed tens of children and women, and not a single word about i in this pro-Iran, pro massmurder Assad and pro Putin (massmurderer) website. You are a disgrace.
Huh? How do the "tens of children and women" compare to the millions killed by the neocon infested West?