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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US may not protect trained Syrian fighters against Russia
2015-10-02
[AA.TR] The U.S. will not guarantee the protection of Syrian trained fighters against Russian Arclight airstrikes, a defense official said Thursday.

"It's a war there, so, I mean, we can't protect everyone from everything, but as these forces engage ISIL, we are there with them to help destroy ISIL," according to Col. Steve Warren, front man for the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve.

Warren's comments came a day after Russia began Arclight airstrikes in Syria.

The focus of the trained groups is to fight Daesh, Warren said, and as long as they go after the murderous Moslems, the coalition would provide support in the form of Arclight airstrikes.

He implied that If the fighters decide to break away from the stated mission and engage other groups or even go after Assad, they would be essentially on their own.

Although Moscow insists its military presence in Syria is to target Daesh and fortify Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Lord of the Baath...
's regime against "terror groups," Russian strikes could complicate U.S.-led coalition's efforts -- particularly the movements and protection of U.S.-backed opposition groups.
Posted by:Fred

#11  Iff the majority of Syria's population all flee the country due to the on-going fighting, JUST WHAT WILL THE ASSAD DYNASTY-REGIME BE THE RULER OF, AS THERE WON'T BE ENUFF SYRIANS IN SYRIA???

Assadian Syria will be too small + too weak to resist taekover by one or more Larger powers.

"EMPTY SYRIA" = takeover by TURKEY? ISRAEL? IRAN? MERGED INTO IRAQ? ... ...@ETC.

Lest we fergit, ASSADIAN SYRIA = historically has been one of the more isolationist Members of the Arab League despite its size + potent Armed Forces.

NO MORE ASSADIAN, PRO-ISOLATIONIST SYRIA = ??????
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-10-02 23:04  

#10  AFAIK the anti-Assad FSA + other US-Allied backed Militias are still waiting for the Bammer's promised materiel + other support.

So now these same are hearing or reading the Bammer's criticisms of Putin but still doing nothing beyond Airborne Drone Ops.

THE MAHA-RUSHIAN QUESTIONNE' IS NOT WHY MANY OF THE US-TRAINED/BACK ANTI-ASSAD REBS JOINED THE ISIS + AL-NUSRA, ETAL. AS PER RUSSIAN CLAIMS - THE QUESTIONNE' IS WHY SHOULDN'T THEY???

They don't receive or feel supported by the Bammer Admin despite the Admin's rhetoric to the contrary, SO WHY NOT JOIN THE ISIS + AL-NUSRA, BOYZ, ETAL???

Lest we fergit, while a number of Radical Islam's top Leaders may come frm wealthy Muslim Families-Clans, are University-educated + can comprehend the precepts behind OWG-NWO + OWG Globalism + Related, the lower-tier Leaders and Field Fighters come from backgrounds of extensive poverty + Madrassa-led Radicalism - THE LATTER DON'T KNOW ABOUT OWG-NWO + OWG GLOBALISM, ETC, NOR CARE FOR IT.

WHAT THESE AHMED-SIXPACKS CARE ABOUT IS BASIC SURVIVAL, ISLAM, JIHAD, AND ISLAMIC CONQUEST, NOT GLOBAL GOVT. OR GLOBALISM.

THEY COULD CARE LESS IFF THE "WEAK/DECLINING" USA IS PRESENTLY PRETENDING TO BE SO, OR IS DE FACTO SO, SELF-RETREATING-VERSUS-FORCED-TO-RETREAT.

AHMED-SIXPACKS > ONE OR THE OTHER(S) = ISLAM WINS!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-10-02 21:29  

#9  By its brutality, the Assad regime alienated 75% of its population.

Go back to you planet.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-10-02 12:51  

#8  It seems to me that everyone is misunderstanding the situation in Syria. By its brutality, the Assad regime alienated 75% of its population. As a result most of the young men among this 75% are eager to fight against it. There are dozens of groups of all sorts of political views which are trying to do this. They are willing to cooperate with anyone including monsters, to bring down the regime. (The US cooperated with the murderous Stalin regime in WW2 in a similar way)
One of the smaller anti-regime forces, although the best financed one, is ISIS. And we seem to want to cooperate with the regime to put down ISIS.
But wait. Where does ISIS get its arms and money? There are rumors that they come from Iran and Russia. Its leadership is Chechen and most of its fighters are volunteers from elsewhere with no stake in Syria at all.
Why would Russia and Iran build it up? Answer: to create a greater horror than the present regime in the minds of the outside world, so that we support Assad against ISIS.
We will soon condemn every Syrian who is willing to cooperate with ISIS or Nusra in any way, even to accepting arms from them, and attack them as the new enemy in Syria. The Kurds tried to be neutral for years, and, like the Christians, who also wanted to be left alone, were considered allies of Assad. Their contact with ISIS had made them fighters against it. Now, instead of supporting the Kurds with serious arms, we flit around and our pro-Iran State Department wants to ally with Assad Iran and Russia against all the rebels.
They want the 75% of Syrians to move to Europe, leaving Assad in peace.
Posted by: Grins Snese4215   2015-10-02 12:41  

#7  How can they find the five men to bomb them?
Posted by: Grins Snese4215   2015-10-02 12:20  

#6  As much protection as an American ambassador to Benghazi?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-10-02 09:35  

#5  Yes, as a matter of fact. Even though betrayed by his handlers, Poshepny never forgot the Hmong. The betrayed are either killed, or retire to comfortable third country and die of old age. The betrayers live on as an institution. We should not forget that piece.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-10-02 06:21  

#4  Comparing Degar to animals freedom loving Syrians, Besoeker?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-10-02 05:07  

#3  The Klingon legacy surfaces once again.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-10-02 02:18  

#2  Given that we're down to about 5 or so remaining trained Syrian fighters, does it really matter?
Posted by: SteveS   2015-10-02 00:39  

#1  See also RELATED > JAPAN TIMES > BLIND-SIDED US MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROTECT CIA-TRAINED SYRIAN REBELS FROM RUSSIA AIRSTRIKES, as the Bammer + Admin are repor fearful of any "accidental" US-Russia Air-Ground Clash between Milfors.

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > [Telegraph.UK] RUSSIA KILLS US-BACKED SYRIAN REBELS IN SECOND DAY OF AIRSTRIKES AS IRAN PREPARES FOR GROUND OFFENSIVE, in coordination wid Baby Assad's Boyz = SAA [Syrian Army Army].

IRAN FORCES = Regulars [Quds Force?] + Hezbollah + Shiite Militias.

* RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > ASSAD ALLIES, INCLUDING IRANIANS, PREPARE GROUND ATTACK IN SYRIA: SOURCES | REUTERS.

* MANILA BULLETIN > RUSSIA HAS SENT OVER 50 AIRCRAFT [+ Attack Helos] TO SYRIA: DEFENCE MINISTRY.

In support of deployed Russian Marines, Airborne = Paratroopers, + SpecOps.

* RUSSIAN FM SERGEI LAVROV = RUSSIA IS ATTACKING ONLY THOSE TERROR GROUPS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY CATEGORICALLY UNDENIABLY ... CLEARLY IDENTIFIED OR LISTED BY THE UNO AS A "TERROR GROUP".

* WAFF > [Newsru] IRAQ SET TO GIVE RUSIA PERMISSION TO BOMB IN IRAQ TOO, 5000 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS HEADED TO IRAQ.

Personally, I'm interpreting all the above as MORE NOT-GOOD-NEWS today for GUAM-WESTPAC from the Bammer Admin vee China + Nuclear Islam, espec CHINA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-10-02 00:19  

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