Pentagon Concedes That The Russian Air Campaign Against The Islamic State Is Effective

Washington Times: Russian air force bombing Islamic State effectively, Pentagon concedes

After months of condemning Russia’s military incursion into Syria as merely propping up a brutal regime, the Pentagon conceded on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin’s air force has begun to strike the Islamic State terrorist army.

The Pentagon for months has accused Moscow of being disingenuous by saying it was attacking the Islamic State when in fact it was really bombing rebels opposed to President Bashar Assad.

On Tuesday Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said: “I think it’s being clear that they have focused more of their military attention on ISIL. We think that is a good thing. We encouraged that from the start. They said initially that their primary goal was to go after ISIL in Syria, and they’re doing so now.”

The change in tune apparently was prompted by Russia’s large role, with Syrian government and Iranian forces, in wresting control of the Syrian city of Palmyra from the Islamic State, also known as ISIL and ISIS.

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WNU Editor: Russia also operates under different rules of engagement .... which is probably the reason why the Pentagon is giving credit to the Russian military campaign .... they want the same rules of engagement.