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Russia ‘must change strategy’..if it wants to join ‘anti-ISIS’ coalition –State Dept
Russia Today, Moscow ^ | Nov 21 2015 | RT

Posted on 11/21/2015 8:56:12 PM PST by WilliamIII

Russia is not welcome to join the US-led coalition in Syria, as France has proposed, until it changes its “focus” and stops “propping up” President Assad, the US State Department said. Yet, Washington continues to insist their goal isn’t defeating Assad.

“If other nations not in the coalition [the US-led coalition] want to join it and become part of it and focus on the fight against ISIL [Islamic State/IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] that’s a conversation we’re certainly willing to have,” US State Department spokesperson John Kirby said.

An appeal to expand the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State came from French President Francois Hollande three days after deadly attacks in Paris a week ago. Stating that “France is at war,” Hollande called for the creation of a “large coalition,” which could unite forces with Russia “to achieve a result that has taken too long.”

The grand coalition is going to be the focus of separate talks President Hollande will have with his American and Russian counterparts in coming days. The French leader is expected to hold talks in Washington on November 24 and in Moscow on November 26.

However, the US State Department says that Russia’s involvement in the coalition would depend on Moscow’s “commitment.”

“But in order for that to work, every member of the coalition has to have the same focus on defeating ISIL, and thus far we, talking about Russia, haven’t seen that same commitment,” Kirby said, referring to Russia’s support for the Syrian President Bashar Assad. “It’s inconsistent with the goals of the coalition, which is to defeat ISIL, if you’re also propping up the Assad regime.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: agitprop; astroturf; paidrussiantrolls; putinsbuttboys; russia; russianstooge; russianstooges; vladtheimploder
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1 posted on 11/21/2015 8:56:12 PM PST by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII

Right now, Russia is the coalition.


2 posted on 11/21/2015 8:59:23 PM PST by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: DonaldC

They are the coalition and they should tell Obama’s state department to buzz off. He will be gone in 15 months if they can wait that long for a return of sanity.


3 posted on 11/21/2015 9:00:35 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: WilliamIII

The U.S. is not going to lead anything with regard to this.


4 posted on 11/21/2015 9:01:18 PM PST by babygene (Make America Great Again)
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To: WilliamIII
US 'must find a strategy'..if it wants to join 'anti-ISIS' coalition -Putin
5 posted on 11/21/2015 9:01:30 PM PST by KarlInOhio (CNBC = Clowns Neutered By Cruz)
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To: WilliamIII

Honestly it just stuns me that Obama has the nerve to say stuff like this when Russia is making progress and the U.S. under Obama has done nothing but help them expand.


6 posted on 11/21/2015 9:02:21 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

I’m not so sure about that but I’d like to be. I think the fix is in for the demonrats.


7 posted on 11/21/2015 9:02:56 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: WilliamIII
So does Obama want to replace Assad with the Muslim Brotherhood? Who ever it is, is going to be worse than Assad. You can count on that and the Christians in Syria will suffer.
8 posted on 11/21/2015 9:03:01 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: DonaldC

Russia must leave it’s relentless attacks on ISIS so it can join the U.S. in it’s PC influenced piecemeal campaign.


9 posted on 11/21/2015 9:03:03 PM PST by Right Brother
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To: Sequoyah101

Yeah, well let’s hope. At least there is hope where as right now we just have to grit our teeth.


10 posted on 11/21/2015 9:04:58 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: WilliamIII

why would Russia want to join a fake coalition that only delivers munitions to the enemy?


11 posted on 11/21/2015 9:05:36 PM PST by faithhopecharity (Brilliant, funny, and incisive Tagline coming to this space soon.....)
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To: WilliamIII
obama is delusional and dangerous.
12 posted on 11/21/2015 9:09:14 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: WilliamIII

Putin to Obaba...FOAD.


13 posted on 11/21/2015 9:10:52 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: faithhopecharity
why would Russia want to join a fake coalition that only delivers munitions to the enemy?

That's perfect! You summed this whole mess up in one sentence.

I'm so ashamed of our leadership and our actions since Lord Foul became our president. :-(

Monkey with a hand-grenade is very close to the truth...we will be lucky if he doesn't do something stupid and start WW3.

14 posted on 11/21/2015 9:12:22 PM PST by Bobalu (Even if I could take off, I could never get past the tractor beam!)
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To: Irish Eyes

Its Obama who is going to have to beg to join. Russia is running the ISIS fight right now.


15 posted on 11/21/2015 9:14:42 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

Man child obama has been upstaged and owned by Putin. So now he won’t play anymore with Putin. “He’s a child.”


16 posted on 11/21/2015 9:15:47 PM PST by matt1234 (Note to GOPe lurkers: I and thousands like me will NEVER vote for Jeb Bush)
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To: WilliamIII
B.S. Washington. You are the clowns. The Syrian people know that at least Assad will hold the country together against total anarchy. Russia also knows that.

Here is what the people have to live in because of the destruction by the rebels:

How many U.S. dollars went toward the rebel bombs that created this hell on earth?

17 posted on 11/21/2015 9:16:08 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: WilliamIII

I would think that Russia would decide who or who isn’t part of any coalition.

Obama doesn’t have balls. He has ovaries. Probably syphilitic...


18 posted on 11/21/2015 9:16:57 PM PST by babygene (Make America Great Again)
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To: WilliamIII

And Putin laughed.


19 posted on 11/21/2015 9:17:02 PM PST by kalee
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To: WilliamIII
Obama and the Arab Oil States have lost their war to oust Putin

Obama is a cornered rat on the Syria issue and Putin is offering him a lifeline

Obama is too arrogant and stupid to accept.

20 posted on 11/21/2015 9:20:00 PM PST by rdcbn ("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Miller)
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