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Is Trump embracing aggressive withdrawal?
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(02-10-2017, 04:13 PM)SomeGuy Wrote:
(02-10-2017, 03:16 PM)Mikebert Wrote:
(02-10-2017, 03:02 PM)SomeGuy Wrote: Cooperating with the US against ISIS is something the Russians have been asking about for a while, because it effectively means that the US is helping them eliminate threats to their clients/allies in the Middle East versus trying to topple them.
My understanding is Russia has been mostly interesting in help Assad in Syria.  Assad has been focused on the so-called moderate opposition.  So most of Russian activity had been against them and not ISIS-held positions.

Are you saying otherwise?  Can you provide some links showing evidence of Russian attacks on ISIS strongholds in Iraq and Syria?

Russia has the official position that the whole opposition are pretty much ISIS.  They have bombed actual ISIS strongholds where they have threatened Syrian government positions (like in Palmyra or Deir-ez-Zour.

Here are some links of examples.  Hypothetically, Russia would like for the Assad government to control all of Syria again, though in a crunch they would settle for what they have now.  So bombing ISIS is not really something they would have a problem with, though they have been concentrating on the fighters closer to Syrian government positions.
 This has been my observation, Russia is mostly assisting Assad.  That means targeting regime opponents be they ISIS or others (mostly others).  That is, Russia does not perceive a threat from ISIS, they only are concerned with threats to their allies/clients.

This is largely consistent with your statement "cooperating with the US against ISIS is something the Russians have been asking about for a while, because it effectively means that the US is helping them eliminate threats to their clients/allies in the Middle East versus trying to topple them".

Since Russia, which has a large Muslim population, is not concerned with ISIS per se, shouldn't they wonder why the US says that it is?  Given the lack of "skin in the game" in the Mideast and that Trump is a serial liar, might not Putin decide the less it has to do materially with the US, the better?  I mean, if I were Putin, I would think Obama an irritation and Trump a tool.
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RE: Is Trump embracing aggressive withdrawal? - by Mikebert - 02-10-2017, 05:25 PM
MIC spending is way too high - by Ragnarök_62 - 04-01-2017, 07:52 PM
RE: MIC spending is way too high - by Warren Dew - 04-02-2017, 01:09 AM
RE: MIC spending is way too high - by pbrower2a - 04-02-2017, 02:46 PM
RE: MIC spending is way too high - by Warren Dew - 04-02-2017, 06:15 PM
RE: MIC spending is way too high - by pbrower2a - 04-02-2017, 07:16 PM
RE: MIC spending is way too high - by Warren Dew - 04-16-2017, 02:09 PM

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