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2014-09-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russia Says US Airstrikes Without UN Mandate Would Be Act Of Aggression
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Posted by trailing wife 2014-09-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top
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#1 How's that "Reset" thingy workin' out for ya, B.O.? Better send J Fn Kerry, toots sweet!
Posted by Bobby 2014-09-12 07:21||   2014-09-12 07:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Meanwhile, Russia continues its invasion of the Ukraine and continues its plans for a show trial of an Estonian officer.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2014-09-12 10:20||   2014-09-12 10:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Seems to me like any airstrikes are an act of aggression.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2014-09-12 10:29||   2014-09-12 10:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Ah, the Russians don't care what we do to ISIS. They're just stirring the you-know-what for the fun of it. Who knows what they can get the Obama Administration to do if they try? And it sets a nice narrative for home consumption as well.
Posted by Secret Master 2014-09-12 10:54||   2014-09-12 10:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Russia's self-righteous indignation is eye-brow raising in view of their machinations in the Crimea and Ukraine. Also in Georgia a few years back.
Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-12 10:54||   2014-09-12 10:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Essentially given the 'green light' by the Champ and the Europeons, I doubt Vlad sees his actions in Crimea and the Ukraine as "aggression."
Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-12 10:59||   2014-09-12 10:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Well Russia is an expert on acts of aggression so I believe them.
Posted by DarthVader 2014-09-12 11:50||   2014-09-12 11:50|| Front Page Top

#8 When they really want to yank Zero's chain they'll point out the GWB went to the UN.

yank, yank.
Posted by AlanC 2014-09-12 12:42||   2014-09-12 12:42|| Front Page Top

#9 See, here is the problem with rattling at Syria with the git tuf speech. If that was tuf gi stuff, well, no not even domestically nevermind real Tough Guys.

Whatever de-escalation going on, if any, with Russia and Iran is over.

Second, any air strikes vs. ISJV within Syria will be targeted by Syrian air defenses, in the event the air strike is against Syria targets. Perhaps even fired upon if the air units get too close to a sensitive area.

Third, if we are wanting to cripple Syria with airstrikes, why tip the hand? Why not work with them, stomp some weasels while building trust, then stab them in the back?

But hey, you know, I guess that is what this administration considers a Congressional Level Briefing.
Posted by swksvolFF 2014-09-12 12:48||   2014-09-12 12:48|| Front Page Top

#10 You have to admit that the Russians indeed stand by their clients.
Posted by Pappy 2014-09-12 12:52||   2014-09-12 12:52|| Front Page Top

#11 Except if the Chinese want their territorial waters and it's a month they need Chinese support for their Ukranian Chaos Extravaganza.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-09-12 13:03||   2014-09-12 13:03|| Front Page Top

#12 You have to admit that the Russians indeed stand by their clients.

But wait, there's more...

isn't this to bomb ISIS? I thought Russia was still pretending ISIS wasn't really working for Assad?
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-09-12 13:04||   2014-09-12 13:04|| Front Page Top

#13 Unfortunately we won't be hearing about obama's illegal war (assuming you know) because that was just nonsene to bash Bush with.
Posted by rjschwarz 2014-09-12 14:47||   2014-09-12 14:47|| Front Page Top

#14 "What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-09-12 15:05||   2014-09-12 15:05|| Front Page Top

#15 "What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."?

Russia's invasion and annexation of Ukraine isn't aggression, but the US action against head-chopping terrorists - without any territorial objectives - is.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2014-09-12 20:08||   2014-09-12 20:08|| Front Page Top

#16 The Qaeda Boyz may be anti-Assad but they are also anti-"Moderate/Secular" Muslim as well as anti-Western.

Baby Assad [Syria] + Tehran [Iran} are siding wid
Russia.

* FYI MARIANAS VARIETY GUAM GUAM > [Reuters]OPINION: TO BEAT THE "ISLAMIC STATE, OBAMA NEEDS IRAN.

Whether he likes it or not, wants it or not.

Yuuuop, + PCorrectly course the fact that the Bammer is anti-US US OWG Globalist already interested in empower OWG Co-superpower Rising Iran, etal. has absolutely positively categorically undeniably ... ...@etc. nothing to do wid anything!

By definition, by "needing" IRAN to fight the IS OBAMA ALSO "NEEDS" BABY ASSAD. IMO both Baby Assad + Russia are well-aware of this.

But I digress ... ...
Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-09-12 22:53||   2014-09-12 22:53|| Front Page Top

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