Good article, all I can say is 1000 Russians could be like advisers. Putin has said Assad is ready to share power and call elections. The Russians may be there to help restore order if a deal is reached.
Trying to out Assad was a bad mistake on the CIAs part.
Maybe that’s the RED LINE Obama was bragging about.
Syria and Russia have been allies for over 50 years.
That quote didn't come from an U.S. intelligence official. If the official was honest, he or she, would have known that Russia has assets in Syria and wishes to keep them. The only way they can keep those basses is to keep Assad in power.
The cut and run twins, Kerry and Obama, as bad as they are regarding foreign policy doesn't understand that philosophy.
This can't end well.
Maybe these Russians are merely on “vacation” as Putin claimed in Ukraine? Weather’s nice in Syria this time of year and the sea is welcoming...
Good. Let’s see what happens when ISIS gets ahold of some of these advisors from Russia
What about the USA’s secret army? We have trained thousands of insurgents (terrorists) to overthrow Assad, of which most have joined ISIS. I agree that Syria needs help fighting off ISIS, terrorists and the US. If Russia can help Syrian leadership, so be it. We need to stop supporting and being a part of world terrorism
Nice to see Russia doing the work that we should be doing. At least there is some chance that sanity will be restored out there. We owe Russia some BIG BUCKS for their effort.
The Russians have been in Syria, in numbers, for many years. Many of them are military or security- related types. Little “exposing” is needed
It seems like Russia is the only player seeking stability in the country, even though its with the devil Assad.
meanwhile, Obama, John McCain and their good friends the Saudis seem intent on destroying Syria, having all the Christians slaughtered, and putting the super-devils ISIS in their place.
Syria like Iran caused mischief when US troops were in Iraq, furthermore, Syria aids in terrorism and support of Hezbollah who are fighting in Syria and Hamas.
Assad brought this mess on, hard to see his 12% minority ruling any more than a rump land. ISIS already has a 3rd of Syria, I doubt if the Russians are going to fight for that 3rd.