US, Russian Military Talks Today: Ash Carter

Russian forces began airstrikes against the American-backed Syrian rebel group, the Free Syrian Army, a group that fights against the current Russian-backed
Syrian government.

In an article in its lead People’s daily paper, the gathering additionally repeated China’s view that an arranged political arrangement is the best way to end the contention, separating Beijing from the USA, which is supporting the restriction, and Russian Federation, whose powers are helping Syrian President Bashar Assad.

And more of these weapons are on the way. “So now we are more focused on the “E” [equip] part of the T&E [train & equip]” program, the official said. The problem with aid from the US, in the opinion of the Russian government, is the obsession with spreading democracy.

Earlier on Tuesday, the USA military said two US and two Russian aircraft “entered the same battle space” over Syria on Saturday, getting within miles of each other.

“It’s a proxy war by happenstance”, said Jeff White of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, who counted at least 15 tanks and vehicles destroyed or disabled on one day.

“Upon completion of their combat tasks, all Russian military airplanes safely returned to the Hmeimin airbase”, he said.

“The United States and the Soviet Union used all sorts of diplomatic, economic and military actions on the soil of third countries, playing tit-for-tat games to increase their influence – it’s an old scene from the Cold War”, the newspaper wrote in a commentary.

A successful American regime change operation in Syria would cut across definite interests of the Russian state and the ruling class of criminal oligarchs that it represents.

But Vladimir Putin claims the West is just jealous of his nation’s success.

“Yet Warren called Russian airstrikes in Syria reckless and indiscriminate as well as irresponsible”.

What the TOWs have done, White said, is “offset the regime’s advantage in armor”.

The rebels have appealed for the delivery of Stinger missiles or their equivalents to counter the new threat from the air, but USA officials say that is unlikely. But only four are known to have gotten into the hands of al Qaida fighters, he added.

America established a $500 million plan to train an equip Syrian rebels – but does not have much to show for it.

“This successful airdrop provided ammunition to Syrian Arab groups whose leaders were appropriately vetted by the United States”, Pentagon spokesman Colonel Patrick Ryder said in a statement.