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Monk06

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18. The US wanted to remove Assad and replace him with a pro US anti Russian government

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2015, 06:45 PM

Dec 2015

which would remove Syria as an ally of Russian and possibly deny Russia it's naval and air bases

Eliminating Russian influence in the middle east is what this has been about all along/

Clinton and then Kerry believed Putin lacked the resources and will to get involved

Now they have egg on their faces. The biggest gift to Putin was Turkey stupidly shooting down a Russian bomber and showing the body of one of the pilots being gloated over by Turkmen the Turkmen militia

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US 'Not Seeking Regime Change in Syria', John Kerry Says After Meeting With Russian President [View all] Purveyor Dec 2015 OP

US beginning to make more sense. elias49 Dec 2015 #1

Tell you what,thankfully we have Wellstone ruled Dec 2015 #2

Just last week rusty fender Dec 2015 #3

It makes one's head spin. Mika Dec 2015 #4

At least they flip-flopped to a better position. EL34x4 Dec 2015 #10

B/C Bernin Dec 2015 #11

+1 GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #20

No difference - the NYT spun "deft removal" from the comments that karynnj Dec 2015 #8

Maybe US won't "seek Regime Change" newfie11 Dec 2015 #5

Good to see US and Russia agreeing on something, 99th_Monkey Dec 2015 #6

Yeah. Perhaps significant... Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #7

We are not at war with Eurasia. cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #9

No, we just conquered parts of it. L. Coyote Dec 2015 #15

Piplineistan Bananastan. Ford_Prefect Dec 2015 #12

The point has long been to bleed Syria. Mission accomplished. leveymg Dec 2015 #13

To sum up: Putin moves Kerry towards peace? L. Coyote Dec 2015 #14

Seems as though. I would love to know the real 'background' on this... eom Purveyor Dec 2015 #16

wait, what? then why are we "supporting" the rebels? Javaman Dec 2015 #17

The US wanted to remove Assad and replace him with a pro US anti Russian government Monk06 Dec 2015 #18

Has Regime Change worked in the ME lately? FLPanhandle Dec 2015 #19

In other news, John Kerry's nose reported as "having grown by several inches". Nihil Dec 2015 #21

Recognition that this proxy war is over and lost. Xolodno Dec 2015 #22