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STORM WARNING: US Defence Secretary says Russia Will Pay for Syrian Airstrikes

Century 21 Wire,

14 October, 2015

These threats were inevitable.

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Russian intervention in Syria has been incredibly successful, taking literally no time at all to destroy the infrastructure of the invading terrorist forces and cause panic amongst their ranks.
This success has called into question exactly what the West has been doing or over a year in their campaign to ‘fight ISIS‘. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has now openly asked: “Maybe their stated goals are not entirely sincere? Maybe it is regime change?“
The widespread success of the Russia campaign, combined with those tough questions, has left the West in an incredibly embarrassing position. So, it was only a matter of time before someone would respond.

Carter appears to be very friendly with the Saudi regime. (Photo Credit: Glenn Fawcett)
Enter: US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter.

The Guardian reports that Carter warned, “Moscow will soon start paying the price for its escalating military intervention in Syria in the form of reprisal attacks and casualties.“

A direct quote from Carter on Russian actions says: “This will have consequences for Russiaitself, which is rightly fearful of attacks. In coming days, the Russians will begin to suffer from casualties.“

Notice his use of the word ‘will‘ twice; this is a definite statement, not a prediction. Arguing semantics is usually a moot point, but in this case lives are at stake.

While the West is apparently incapable of rooting out invading terrorists, we know for sure that they are more than capable of implementing coups, and staging terror attacks.

Russia would be wise to look towards embarrassed Western factions for culpability, if they do indeed suffer a reprisal attack, or Western allies; as The Guardian also reports that well-knownterror-sponsor Saudi Arabia is preparing ‘to counter the Russian move’.

Warmongering McCain on Russia’s Success in Syria: 'US Must Stop Putin'

Russia’s military and political success in Syria is “the latest disastrous turn in the Middle East under the Obama administration - and another humiliating setback for the United States,” such an opinion Republican US Senator John McCain of Arizona, chairman of the Senate's Committee on Armed Services expressed in his recent article for CNN.

Sputnik,

14 October, 2014

The saber-rattling politician has lashed out at President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry for "acquiescing into talks with Russian President Putin” and “rushing into talks with Russia’s military to ‘de-conflict’ in Syria.”

Obama and Kerry see the latest developments in the fight against ISIL as an “opportunity to co-operate” with Moscow and an attempt to agree on ‘fundamental principles’.

Instead, McCain called for Vladimir Putin to be stopped, so that the Russia's leader could be prevented from “shoring up his partners, crushing ours, destroying our remaining credibility in the Middle East, and restoring Russia as a major power in this vital region.”

The senator then provided one more ridiculous explanation: “Vladimir Putin must be stopped, not least because he will inflame every aspect of this conflict in the process: the refugee crisis, the mass atrocities and the growth of ISIS (ISIL)."

The politician, however, neglected to address the sequence of all the above processes and their true causes.

In the next part of his article, McCain becomes even more hysterical.

Clearly disregarding President Putin’s calls for joint actions against global terrorism, the only thing the politician seems to care about is maintaining US influence around the globe.

“There is an opportunity here, but the opposite of what Kerry suggested. It is an opportunity to impose significant costs on an adversary that wants to undercut the United States everywhere. It is an opportunity to weaken an anti-American ruler who will always view us as an enemy. And it is an opportunity to rebuild US credibility and influence in the Middle East by taking actions, as only we can, to arrest the spread of a regional conflict that is an incubator of global terrorism.”

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We must back up our policy in ways that check Putin's ambitions and shape his behavior. If Russia attacks our opposition partners, we must impose greater costs on Russia's interests — for example, by striking significant Syrian leadership or military targets.”

The senator seems to be clearly obsessed with weakening the Russian president.

“We must increase pressure on Russia elsewhere. We should provide defensive weapons and related assistance to Ukrainian forces so they can take a greater toll on Russian forces.”

Mid-rant, the senator revealed some of the techniques the US could use for the purpose.

“To weaken Putin at home and abroad, we should make more information public about the corruption of the Russian leadership, including the president himself, and how Russia uses graft as a tool of state policy.”

“We should ramp up targeted sanctions on Russia. Low energy prices are battering Russia's economy and currency. We should increase that pain.”

“The United States must lead these efforts with the broadest possible coalition. We will find many willing partners in Europe, which is reeling from the refugee crisis, as well as the Sunni Arab states, which will view a Russian victory in Syria as an Iranian victory. Rather than play into Putin's hands by undermining our own international efforts to isolate him, we should enhance those efforts to deepen that isolation and balance against Russia.”

Putin considers US actions in Syria targeting transformer and power plant strange

Earlier the American aviation bombed out an electrical power plant and a transformer in Aleppo

TASS,

13 October, 2015

MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed bewilderment on Tuesday over the targets of US airstrikes in Syria.

"On Sunday, the American aviation bombed out an electrical power plant and a transformer in Aleppo. Why have they done this? Whom have they punished there? What’s the point? Nobody knows," the president said at a meeting with the Russian government members.

Saying that the United States’ airstrike targets in Aleppo were strange, the Russian president said he was certain that "Everything will become clear and fewer mistakes will be made if direct and business-like contact is established with a view to settling all the problems, including those in the financial sphere."

The president touched upon the issue of misunderstanding between different countries talking of another problem - the settlement of the Ukrainian debt to Russia. "These matters should be once again discussed in a calm working atmosphere with the aim of finding a solution so that all problems are not shifted to our shoulders again," Putin said, citing as an example the statements that Russia has allegedly aimed at the "wrong" targets in Syria.

Lavrov: Russia has no doubts US weapons supplies to Syria fall into hands of terrorists

Previously, Putin said that Russia’s military role in Syria will not involve a ground operation. "We’re not going to do it, and our Syrian friends know about it," he told state TV. Putin also said Russia has no reason to get involved in Syria's civil war. 

"It is not about the foreign policy. Russian foreign policy is peace-loving without any exaggeration," Putin said. According to him, "If you look at the world map, and see what Russia is, it becomes obvious that we do not need any foreign territories or foreign natural resources. Russia is a self-sufficient country. We do not need someone to fight and conflict with."

Putin also dismissed the West’s allegations that Russia is trying to wipe out Syrian dissidents who oppose Syrian President Bashar Assad. "In response to the accusations against us that we carry out airstrikes on the moderate opposition, and not on IS and other terrorist organisations, we respond: Let’s say you know better the situation on the ground. You've been there for more than a year illegally. Just give us targets, and we'll work them out."

Russian aerospace forces launched pinpoint strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria on September 30 with a Syria-based group assembling more than 50 warplanes and helicopters. Air strikes are delivered at military hardware, communications centres, transport vehicles, munitions depots and other infrastructure. Military operations are conducted at the request of Syrian President Bashar Assad.