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Putin takes charge, orders Russian troops to Syria after Obama's plan flops
2015-09-29
[Wash Times] Vladimir Putin views the Syrian army and its Iranian allies as incapable of defeating the Islamic State in Syria, prompting the Russian president to directly intervene in recent weeks by setting up an air base and sending in tanks, artillery and jet fighters, a report to Congress says.

Mr. Putin's bold yet risky move of putting troops on the ground directly confronting a terrorist group contrasts sharply with the Obama administration's strategy of an air campaign over Syria but little other military action in that country.

The Islamic State controls wide sections of territory in Iraq and in Syria, where it has proclaimed a capital of Raqqa in Syria's east.
Wrong doctor and wrong medicine resulting in epic fail.
Posted by:Besoeker

#12  RUSSIA will be in deep trouble wid the Hard Boyz iff Darth Vlad, includ China + SCO + Arab Coalition, can't militarily defeat or destroy the ISIS/ISIL + Aligned wid the infamous Overwhelming Brute Force that Mama Russia is famous for.

BY "RUSSIA" I ALSO MEAN CHINA + INDIA + NON-MUSLIM, ANTI-SUNNI MUSLIM WORLD.

To paraph a Scene via the late PATRICK SWAYZE > "BAD? YOU BOYZ AIN'T SEEN BAD YET, BUT ITS COMING"!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-09-29 22:02  

#11  Skid I would not only allow them to leave, but through back channels encourage it. Just as they leave plant a gps chip in their phone during the customs check and then when they are all settled in over there.... hand deliver them a JDAM.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-09-29 17:26  

#10  I wonder if the FBI will start allowing ISIS recruits to leave the US?
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-09-29 17:03  

#9  I agree newc
Posted by: chris   2015-09-29 14:05  

#8  Considering Putin has been successfully playing rope-a-dope with US Presidents since 2004, it isn't surprising to see him just flat out rape Obumble's plans for the region.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-09-29 13:28  

#7  I trust Putin more than Obama
Posted by: newc   2015-09-29 13:19  

#6  His foreign policy can't possibly have crashed - it would get in the way of the coronation of ValJar.
Posted by: Bobby   2015-09-29 13:15  

#5  Pappy, if Zero's foreign policy objective was to emasculate the USA and turn over leadership to those he trusts more (aka Russia, China, Muslims) can we say that it has crashed and burned?

It seems to me that Zero has accomplished most all of his objective in FP. Now he can concentrate on his goal to turn the US domestically into a third-world Marxist utopia.
Posted by: AlanC   2015-09-29 11:18  

#4  Now that Obie's foreign policy is completely crashed and burned, he'll be able to turn his laser-like focus onto domestic issues...

It's not a crash-and-burn if Mr. Obama's foreign policy objective has been to concentrate on domestic issues.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-09-29 09:42  

#3  Power abhors a vacuum. (Well, at least in real history. Not to be confused with the Left's fantasy world that all the problems of the world and humanity are because of America.)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-09-29 09:02  

#2  Look on the bright side. Now that Obie's foreign policy is completely crashed and burned, he'll be able to turn his laser-like focus onto domestic issues...
Posted by: ed in texas   2015-09-29 08:36  

#1  Putin has Obama's number.
The American people deserve this guy. They elected him ( twice ).

Isn't he wonderful , Mommy? Hope and Change. You pathetic bunch of Suckers. You bought it, now wear it.
Posted by: Unuling McCoy5929   2015-09-29 03:31  

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