Tensions between US and Russian officials over ongoing fighting in eastern Syria continue to mount. On Wednesday, Russia’s Defense Ministry issued a statement complaining that the US has been supporting ISIS in the area, and threatening retaliation.
Such accusations are common on all sides of the war. Russia’s Majr. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, however, noted that a number of recent ISIS attacks have come from sites very close to US positions, and relied on “precise coordinates” that they could’ve only gotten from US aerial reconnaissance.
Maj. Gen. Konashenkov was very frank about the possibility of retaliation, saying the US keeps presenting these incidents as “coincidences,” but that “the Russian air force in Syria is prepared to begin the complete destruction of all such coincidences.”
ISIS has released a video claiming to have captured a pair of Russian troops, though Russia denies that this is the case. ISIS has, however, launched some very successful counterattacks against Russian and Syrian forces in Deir Ezzor recently.
Scapegoating one another is common, but the fact that the ISIS strikes are emanating from near the US base at al-Tanf is a potentially complicating issue. The US made much of ordering other rebels out of the vicinity of al-Tanf, and across the Jordanian border, in recent weeks, but it was never reported that US forces withdrew.
I wonder WHOM within the Trimp administration is moving things around to help ISIS…???? Any guesses out there…???
Pompeo
Pompeo is the neocon who reports to the Rothschilds and Deep State.
Bingo.
Trump is not in charge. If he were, he
would by now fire all the commanders of war against ISIS in Syria. They failed, and now are stuck behind ISIS lines. They did a piss poor job around and in Raqqa. By now, it should have been liberated, locals in charge, not arrogant Kurds setting up new school curriculum with Kurdish language in area where they are a tiny minority. They should be demining the srea, clearing roads, getting aid in. In all of this Kurds and US forces are abject failure. They care only about getting control of the area, posting small reconnaissance units, to claim Syria attacked them if Syrian forces pursue ISIS in the area. ISIS has become a placeholder for Kurdish spread into Arab areas, and some US generals may not exactly follow TRUMP PRIME DIRECTIVE — DESTROY ISIS.
They are trying to follow NEOCON PRIME DIRECTIVE — STAY IN EUPHRATES VALLEY. It is getting ridiculous — why just not get out of the way, and let Syria do the job. And for those in our governmemt, military or CIA, knowingly helping ISIS, knowinly overlooking ISIS supply lines, ISIS financing and assidtance with battle plans — what do they deserve? Unless we have some serouus punishment associated with such defiance of Commander in Chief, and defiance of US voter will — we will have many centers of decision making, and our own defence may be not as good as we believe.
Trump can fire the commanders any time he wants.
The reason he hasn’t is that he doesn’t want to.
Trump will likely continue to insist on being Real World Trump instead of Bianca Fantasy World Trump.
And you’ll likely to continue making excuses for him.
Yes Tom, You are correct, Trump can fire the commanders anytime he wants, but he will not fire them if it will trigger his own demise, even if will be their demise too, nor would You…!!! Just as you could shoot Cibel Edmonds if you wanted to.. I have witnessed first hand your animosity with her.. But the consequences of doing what one would like to do in oh so many instances precludes the exercise of the preferred option. Which I believe is the case with Trump, and I believe Bianca would concur…
Funny that you should witness “animosity” that doesn’t exist.
Exactly.
Well, we will see, the saga is not over yet! And if your theory is right, the very people who hate him, and who would have brought heavens down on him if they could — should love and adore him. Why aren”t they? Instead, they are sharpening their best lawyereeze to get him out. Why is trying to please the apoplectic neocon universe? The same crowd that is foaming at the mouth to get him? If he is who you say he is, why is he such a threat? He is only the threst to the one party system, and their global design. He actually has a political base that are rejecting the one party global ambitions. And that is his real sin. You can like him or hate him –but he brought the dreaded “nationalism” back, the notion that we are Americans FIRST, and then other identities. That we are not a collection of narrow focused identity clans.
And that the globalist vision is the one of remote control of people and nations by the hidden hand of globe trotters, people without feeling for home, and the justified need to know who makes the decisions about their lives. Smericans in short want to know eho is accountable in this brave new world of no borders.
He came on the scene as nothing more then a wrecking ball — a good sized wrecking ball to shake things up. And the establishment did not take him seriously — until he started saying some “weird s–t”, according to Bush the Lesser.
It is dubious that he can do much. Is he having any power or in fact the day of Ft. Mayers speach we witnessed a military coup?
What you do not seem to notice is the strange loop created in body politics. It hardly matters what happens to Trump, what he does or does not. Voters own the message of antiglobalism and demand accountability. The likes of ones in Congress are not getting it.
While most people are already very much aware when the globalist raise their bloody flag. We can practically predict what Post or Times will write on any topic, and exactly what each talking head om CNN and Fox will say. We know exactly what is happening when Post publishes something from anonymous CIA sources — as one owner owns them both.
It is beyond Trump. His towers in Manhattan can be taken down brick by brick, and he can stay silent as some generals do neocon dirty work. It is not about the fragile, iverconfident and vulnerable man, it is about ideas that took root. It will take time for antiimperial left to figure things out — that we are in the same boat regardless of our political outlook, race or wealth.
Trump is not the reason for fury of clueless left — they are facing political terra incognita — and are trying to hang on whatever driftwood of shattered understandings. Conservatives are still trying to understand the earthquake, and still trying not to latch on to failed and thoroughly discredited Republican right. What happens next is anybody’s guess.
You can choose to focus on Trump, or the avalanche he started. Intentionally or not.
Hmm. YOUR theory was that he was a wrecking ball, etc.
MY theory was that he is business as usual.
He’s been business as usual, but instead of just admitting your theory was wrong, you keep making excuses for him: Poor, poor, powerless poor widdew Donald, he’s just a naive babe in the woods being played by the mean ol’ Deep State. Which is just another way of saying your theory was wrong.
And that someone??? is also trying very hard not (cough! cough!) to ditch the Iran deal at the behest of a foreign power??? that never (cough, cough) interferes in US politics. wink wink!!!
Yes, and our young men are there st ISIS mercy, as many satelite data shows that they have no defense, no outer checkpoints. Was this planned, or just the bad judgement? Anyway, that somebody (wink) wants us to stay in Euphrates Valley, as God himself promised!
I am not jumping to conclusions but the Russian claims have some plausibility. They are saying that since the attacks are within 50km radius of Al Tanf, and ISIS has been able to infiltrate govt held areas avoiding checkpoint and other obstacles, that they must be getting Intelligence support.
Do I believe the U.S. is doing this? Undecided but the Russian claims are not fanciful. I wish I could dismiss it out-of-hand but we have played games in the past to hurt the Assad regime. We even call it a regime and have a policy to bleed it.
Dollars to donuts those “ISIS” combatants are disguised US Special Forces.