Since Obama’s massive failure in Syria and unable to control ISIS, Russia is already taking out terrorist in just a few days! During a fight the Russian marines said they killed several ISIS militants and captured others after ISIS attempted to attack an airbase operated by Russian military, reported the Russian newspaper Segodnya. Interestingly, the […]
Despite the alarms in Official Washington about Russia’s increased military role in Syria, this expanded commitment breathes new hope into a possible political settlement of the conflict and could help reverse Islamic State gains, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. By Paul R. Pillar The recently increased Russian involvement in Syria ought to be viewed […]
By CAROLINE B. GLICK 09/17/2015 21:38 On Tuesday, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius hailed Obama’s “enormous victory” on the Iran nuclear deal. To be sure, Obama’s victory was not against Iran. It was against Netanyahu. This week US President Barack Obama informed Jewish leaders that he plans to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on […]
by danielle ryan It is increasingly difficult to watch the most recent coverage of the Syrian war and not be struck by how utterly illogical and convoluted it has become. But look through the media spin and it’s clear: the Russian leader’s steady moves in Syria are perplexing the US. Whether it’s the latest neocon […]
By Stephen Kinzer REAL ENEMIES ARE a threat to any country, but imagined enemies can be even more dangerous. They sap resources, provoke needless conflicts, and divert attention from true challenges. The United States has constructed such a fantasy by turning Russia into an enemy. Our current campaign against Russia was set off by what […]
By David Singer The possibility that Russia and America may at long last be seeking common ground on confronting Islamic State has been increased with US Secretary of State John Kerry revealing that his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov has approached America proposing military talks over Syria. Kerry told reporters: The Russians proposed in the conversation […]
The only power that has an interest in that is the US which has marked Assad for a regime change. This article originally appeared atAntiwar.com Having given up waiting for the supposedly “imminent” Russian assault on Kiev, which we’ve been told for so many months is coming down the pike momentarily, our new cold warriors are now in […]
Submitted by Daniel McAdams via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, When a Russian bomber flew over international waters some 25 miles off the southwest tip of England last week, UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon called Russia “a real and present danger.” The UK government scrambled jet fighters to meet the Russian aircraft […]
The U.S. State Department is trying to block Russian supplies going to Syria’s embattled government despite the risk that collapsing the regime would create a vacuum filled by the Islamic State or Al Qaeda, another nightmare dreamt up by the neocons and liberal hawks, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry Does the Obama want the Islamic […]
by Tyler Durden Last week, when reporting that at least according to the White House,Russian presence in Syria is no longer disputed, we said that regardless if Russian troops are indeed on the Syrian ground, this admission that the current Syrian state of play “effectively ends the second “foreplay” phase of the Syrian proxy war […]
