Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joe Dunford says that the US is looking to reestablish its hotline with the Russian military as relates to deconfliction efforts in Syria. The hotline is meant to prevent US and Russian military forces getting into accidental conflict with one another.
That’s not necessarily to say that the hotline is really down. Russia’s Defense Ministry announced earlier today they were halting use of the hotline in protest of the US shooting down a Syrian Su-22 bomber yesterday,but Pentagon officials indicated the hotline was still being used within the last few hours.
Rather, this was likely a paperwork method for Russia’s Defense Ministry to further underscore their displeasure at the incident, though threatening to treat US warplanes as hostile targets over much of Syria’s airspace appears to be a much bigger deal.
Those two go hand in hand, of course, as a reduction of communication would make Russia’s targeting all the more dangerous for US warplanes in much of Syria, and that is likely the reason why the US, which has long downplayed the deconfliction efforts, suddenly see it as important to preserve.
Pentagram & CIA is struggling with a humiliating blow dealt to it by Russia, effectively erecting a NFZ and grounding it’s war planes.
There Will be numerous ridiculous face save attempts but it won’t change the fact that it is (again) Russia that calls the shots in Syria, and masterly so.
You’re absolutely correct, Keith .. The Pentagram and CIA are, indeed, struggling with a humiliating blow dealt to them by Russia, effectively erecting a NFZ and grounding their war planes.
No matter what face-saving efforts they make won’t change the fact that it’s Russia that calls the shots in Syria, and rightfully so. The only way the US will be able to save face is by withdrawing their forces from Syria altogether and stop attacking Syrian jets and ground forces.
In addition, President Trump has to assume his authority as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, as the late Harry S. Truman did during the Korean War. Truman had a plaque on his desk in the Oval Office that read “The Buck Stops Here” .. A similar plaque should be on Trump’s desk as a reminder of his responsibilities as POTUS and Commander-in-Chief.
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Please tell us, Ditz, why would Russia want the U.S. to know when Russian fighter jets are being scrambled to take down a U.S. warplane that is a real and apparent threat to Syria?
This article communicates that Russia is a paper tiger, that it only complains when harmed in battle and executes nothing in the way of corrective defense.
This article is a mainstream media rehash, as it does nothing to warn the public that Russia is more then just ready, willing and able to start wasting our warplanes, for the red line has been past and the blood guilt for our mangled pilots is on our heads alone.