{"id":62082,"date":"2015-09-30T11:49:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T15:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62082"},"modified":"2015-09-30T11:49:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T15:49:54","slug":"russia-begins-air-strikes-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62082","title":{"rendered":"Russia begins air strikes in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News<\/a> reports that after the warning that Russian diplomats gave the White House today, Russian aircraft has struck Syrian rebels in the northern part of the country this morning.<\/p>\n

A U.S. official said Russian airstrikes targeted fighters in the vicinity of Homs, located roughly 60 miles east of a Russian naval facility in Tartus, and were carried out by a “couple” of Russian bombers. The strikes hit targets in Homs and Hama, but there is no presence of ISIS in those areas, a senior U.S. defense official said. These planes are hitting areas where Free Syrian Army and other anti-Assad groups are located, the official said.<\/p>\n

According to a U.S. senior official, Presidents Obama and Putin agreed on a process to “deconflict” military operations. The Russians on Wednesday “bypassed that process,” the official said.<\/p>\n

“That’s not how responsible nations do business,” the official said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, it may not be “responsible” but it’s sticking with the character of the Russian government in the last few years. It should have been completely predictable. The Washington Post<\/a> reports on the US response;<\/p>\n

Washington quickly criticized the airstrikes \u2014 warning it brings added risks to Syria \u2014 but said Moscow\u2019s moves would not change the U.S.-led air campaign targeting the Islamic State strongholds in Syria.<\/p>\n

It also sharply raised the stakes over the competing visions for Syria outlined earlier this week at the United Nations: Russian President Vladi\u00admir Putin insisting that Syria\u2019s embattled government is the key to stability, and President Obama saying the \u201cstatus quo\u201d cannot stand after more than four years of bloodshed.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, after four years of not taking a stand or not having a strategy has finally paid off for the Obama Administration. The troops that Russia targets are the non-ISIS rebels in the area where the civil war began. The obvious outcome now will be the status quo and the Assad government will remain. They probably won’t be very friendly towards the US either. <\/p>\n

Of course, the real upside will come when the Russians get around to dealing with ISIS – I doubt they will have some rules of engagement that will forbid their engagement with the enemy. Between the Iranians and the Russians, the ISIS forces will become a gooey mass. I only hope that the President will get our troops out of the way beforehand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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