[dissident]

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/2016 ... acked.html

Russian MoD Confirms US-Led Coalition's F-16, A-10 Jets Attacked Syrian Army

"Today at 17:00-17:50 Moscow time, international anti-Daesh coalition (two F-16 and two A-10 jets) carried out four strikes on Syrian government forces' units encirled by Daesh near Deir ez-Zor airport. The coalition's aircraft entered Syrian airspace from the side of the Iraqi border," Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.

The US shows its true colors yet again. It is basically helping Daesh fight the SAA. Meanwhile trash talking liar Obama claims that only the US is attacking Daesh even after Russia basically shut down their oil trade through Turkey. The US never bombed a single Daesh oil truck convoy supposedly to save the environment...and pigs fly in the icy wastes of Hell.

[onlooker]

Yes and also notice that Daesh does NOT attack important US or Israeli targets. As they say do not bite the hand that feeds you

[GHung]

The enemy of my enemy's enemy is my friend, or something like that. Maybe you guys just can't spot a clusterfuck. I suppose you folks think that if the US takes its toys and goes home peace will break out everywhere. Me? I'm all for it. Stop wasting US blood and treasure on hopeless causes.

[Plantagenet]

Obama has been funding and arming and training and supporting the FSA along with various Islamist groups in their efforts to topple the Assad government in Syria for 5 years now.

Its not surprising that Obama would move now to get the US directly involved in the war against the Syrian goverment---Obama has a history of bombing countries that pose no threat to the US and leaving behind nasty little wars that have no chance of being finished by the time he leaves office.

What better time for Obama to embroil the US directly in yet another pointless illegal war than a few months before he leaves office....?


cheers!

[Kylon]

Hopefully the U.S won't attack Russian planes or Chinese planes in Syria.

That could increase confrontation between the U.S and Russia and China and they all have nuclear weapons.

[AgentR11]

Hopefully the U.S won't attack Russian planes or Chinese planes in Syria.
That could increase confrontation between the U.S and Russia and China and they all have nuclear weapons.

This is very unlikely. Russian and Chinese aircraft are now flying in a configuration and under an A2D shell that allows them to return fire if fired upon; fire that will hit US/NATO aircraft, and will destroy them. Also recall, by rules of war, they do NOT have to target the jet that fired on them; they can just as lawfully blow up an expensive as heck EW jet flying over Jordan in their return fire.

I suspect if an F22 fires, the return fire will destroy a NATO awacs, not the F22.

Don't let Putin's little "bait" exercise with that lone, unarmed, flown by eyeball and taped on gps, ground attack jet mislead you.

Fortunately, while it is true that our political leaders are apparently blood lust saturated morons; the people that would actually end up blown up know the real drill and are unlikely to stumble into something stupid.

[AgentR11]

btw diss, friendly fire does occur; while it is certainly suspicious, I do not believe this PARTICULAR instance was intended to hit SAA forces. However, Moscow should return the favor and turn Racca into a crater.... without warning.

[dissident]

btw diss, friendly fire does occur; while it is certainly suspicious, I do not believe this PARTICULAR instance was intended to hit SAA forces. However, Moscow should return the favor and turn Racca into a crater.... without warning.

You are grasping at straws to compensate for your sanctimonious cognitive dissonance. Like most other Americans you are brainwashed from birth about your "congenital" moral "superiority" and the "exceptionalism" of Yankeestan.

https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/7 ... 8643639296

There were 4 attacks spanning 50 minutes involving two A-10s and two F-16s.

https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/7 ... 1399575552

SAA lost 62 men killed and 98 wounded, it lost 3 tanks, 3 IFVs, 4 mortars and 1 anti-aircraft gun.

This is Obama following up on his trash talk equating Putin to Saddam Hussein.

[dissident]

BTW, Russia does not have any aircraft resembling the A-10. Since these are low altitude ground attack aircraft the testimony of the SAA will be sufficient to kill this "friendly fire" masturbation stone cold dead.

Seems like the "friendly fire" BS is popular in different fora. Americans apparently are genetically precluded from any wrong doing.

[Newfie]

Followed back that Twitter thread. Sounds like CENTCOM is saying it was a mistake. Pretty big mistake.

[Newfie]

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/wo ... oogle.com/

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The United States acknowledged on Saturday that its warplanes had carried out an airstrike in Syria that resulted in the death of Syrian government troops. American military officials said the pilots in the attack, in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, believed they were targeting the Islamic State.

Russia’s defense ministry said the United States attack had killed 62 Syrian troops, wounded 100 more and opened the way for an Islamic State offensive.

A statement by United States Central Command said that the planes stopped the attack after a warning from Russia, that the strikes could be hitting Syrian troops.

[Newfie]

Bbc covering it now. Diplomats walking out on one another. Sweet.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37400810

"Power accused Russia of pulling a "stunt" by calling for an emergency Security Council meeting to demand an explanation from the US. She said Moscow should instead demand a meeting with the Syrian government to press for peace.

"Russia really needs to stop the cheap point scoring and the grandstanding and the stunts and focus on what matters, which is implementation of something we negotiated in good faith with them," Power told reporters before the meeting."

Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin responded by accusing the US of violating agreements that it would not target Syrian positions and said the action was a "bad omen" for a US-Russian deal on halting the fighting in Syria.

[sparky]

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from initial reports ,central Command bombed the Syrian Army under Daesh attack
the result was that Daesh took the position .

http://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELE ... -position/

The Syrians with Russian back up retook the summit later the same day

It has all the mark of Daesh operatives having contaminated the US intel , such as it is

[onlooker]

"It has all the mark of Daesh operatives having contaminated the US intel , such as it is"
Not quite it has all the markings of what Dissedent stated ---
It is basically helping Daesh fight the SAA.

[dissident]

Bbc covering it now. Diplomats walking out on one another. Sweet.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37400810

"Power accused Russia of pulling a "stunt" by calling for an emergency Security Council meeting to demand an explanation from the US. She said Moscow should instead demand a meeting with the Syrian government to press for peace.

"Russia really needs to stop the cheap point scoring and the grandstanding and the stunts and focus on what matters, which is implementation of something we negotiated in good faith with them," Power told reporters before the meeting."

Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin responded by accusing the US of violating agreements that it would not target Syrian positions and said the action was a "bad omen" for a US-Russian deal on halting the fighting in Syria.

Samantha Powers is a chihuahua with brain damage. The US is bombing the army of a sovereign state inside the borders of that state to support externally sponsored and manned (many of the Daesh are not Syrians) irregular forces to foist regime change on Syria. This is clearly an issue for the UN and is rank military aggression and invasion by the USA.

US politicians and their mass media mouthpieces always bleat about how bad Assad is. Yet they support the monsters called Daesh to overthrow him. You cunts can't have it both ways, either you love those precious human rights you bleat about all the time or you could care less. Considering the love affair of the USA with head-chopper Saudi Arabia it is clear that "human rights" is a fig leaf pretext and nothing more.

[dissident]

http://news.antiwar.com/2016/09/17/us-e ... l-meeting/

Power accuses the SAA of violating the ceasefire that excludes Daesh and which 21 "rebel" groups have renounced. She is the first to make such an accusation and clearly is pulling "facts" out of her rotten ass. This must be an example of American exceptionalism.

[AgentR11]

can't have it both ways, either you love those precious human rights you bleat about all the time or you could care less.

Outside the borders of the Atlantic Empire, we only care about human rights when they advance our national and imperial interests. This is a secret to no one.

Within, we most certainly do care because it produces predictability in economic markets, which is what our central banks need most in order to manage our economies in such a way that most everyone that is sane gets fed, most everyone with crops gets paid, and the 0.00001% get to add value to their estates. That is what is important.

[AgentR11]

Power accuses the SAA of violating the ceasefire that excludes Daesh and which 21 "rebel" groups have renounced. She is the first to make such an accusation and clearly is pulling "facts" out of her rotten ass. This must be an example of American exceptionalism.

We are exceptional. If you want to play on our field at our level; you have a target, and the means; you just need to write the check, ya friggin tightwads.

Firebomb Racca into an uninhabitable crater; leave nothing alive. Otherwise, stop whining.

[dissident]

Power accuses the SAA of violating the ceasefire that excludes Daesh and which 21 "rebel" groups have renounced. She is the first to make such an accusation and clearly is pulling "facts" out of her rotten ass. This must be an example of American exceptionalism.

We are exceptional. If you want to play on our field at our level; you have a target, and the means; you just need to write the check, ya friggin tightwads.

Firebomb Racca into an uninhabitable crater; leave nothing alive. Otherwise, stop whining.

Ah shaddup. You sanctimonious blowhard. You are exceptional until the day you try to take Russia out like Napoleon and Hitler.

[AgentR11]

Ah shaddup. You sanctimonious blowhard. You are exceptional until the day you try to take Russia out like Napoleon and Hitler.

While we do like to politically ramble eloquent on the "Russian Threat"; no one here is going to write the check to invade Russia. We do have to talk it up though, because we have a trillion dollar airplane that we need to sell; at the same time that its only REAL live fire, combat missions are likely to be dropping a bomb or two on morons too poor to afford legit heavy mortar rounds...

A job the A10 was perfectly good at; fun to fly, and cheap as dirt.

edit: spelling