Russia reportedly informed the U.S. to clear the air space over Syria just one hour before they started bombing targets in that country.
John Kerry, speaking at the U.N. today, said he doesn’t necessarily have a problem with that as long as Russia’s going after certain people:
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Kerry: #US prepared to welcome #Russia actions in #Syria if directed at Islamic State, al-Qaeda
— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) September 30, 2015
Kerry: If Russia’s ongoing actions in Syria are a genuine commitment to fight ISIS, “we are prepared to welcome those efforts"
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) September 30, 2015
.@JohnKerry: U.S. is prepared to work with any nation, including Russia & Iran, to fight #ISIS http://t.co/Y6hvJrtT3R http://t.co/vcQjlkoyPP
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 30, 2015
It doesn’t look as if Putin really cares if Obama and Kerry roll out the welcome wagon or not:
But a senior U.S. administration official told CNN’s Elise Labott the Russian airstrike near the city of Homs “has no strategic purpose” in terms of combating ISIS, which “shows they are not there to go after ISIL.”
The 80’s called, Secretary Kerry…
It's a sign of how effed up Syria is that our reaction to Russia bombing them is "let's see who they're bombing" https://t.co/DuHO1MMjoV
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) September 30, 2015
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@APDiploWriter More capitulation by the @WhiteHouse
— Mark Jacobs (@mr_markjacobs) September 30, 2015
WTF? U.S. will support Russian expansion in Middle East? https://t.co/G9QYPgnVb9
— FJ (@Natsecjeff) September 30, 2015
https://t.co/fwEhMDEPj8 pic.twitter.com/G1MH6kqNxz
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) September 30, 2015
https://twitter.com/cerenomri/status/649256581650096128
The White House never quite seems to be able to figure out Putin’s intentions.
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