Friday, October 2, 2015

U.S. Assessment On Russia's Military Campaign In Syria: A 'Strategic Blunder'



Elise Labott, CNN: U.S. assessment on Russia in Syria: A 'strategic blunder'

There is no ambiguity now about Russia's current tactics in Syria -- they are seeking to take over the airspace in the region and be the agenda-setting force on the ground, several senior administration officials told CNN.

"Yesterday's demarche to the U.S. by Russian officials in Baghdad was clear in its intent," one senior administration official said. "Make sure you don't have anyone around ISIS targets and get out of the air."

And while U.S. officials have no plans to cede Russia any ground, they also said it appears that Russian President Vladimir Putin made a dramatic chess move that the Russians have not thought through -- one official even called it a "strategic blunder."

WNU Editor: So the ones who made an entire mess of the region and whose policies and strategies have completely failed in the Middle East .... are now passing judgement that the Russian campaign will succeed?

3 comments:

RRH said...

That's right WNU, and the ones who have been "helping" to move this failed policy along are in some big doo doo themselves:

http://atimes.com/2015/10/how-saudi-arabias-aggressive-foreign-policy-is-playing-against-itself/

James said...

I look at the header picture and.....
"There must be some kind of way out of here, "
Said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.

Jay Farquharson said...

Despite Russia making their plans and intentions very clear,

http://www.moonofalabama.org/2015/10/russias-campaign-to-snuff-off-cias-al-qaeda-forces.html#comments

The "Reality Creater" in State, The Pentagon and the Alphabet Agencies, still have no grasp on reality.