Exclusive:
Trump Apologized to Russia for Syria Attack
US
backed down to get cooperation agreement restored...end threat to US
pilots...certain death at hands of S400 missiles
28
April, 2017
Editor’s
note: It was Tillerson that had to go to Russia, hat in hand, and
explain that his boss had gotten buzzed up, showing off for the
Chinese president, stuffing himself with cake and drunk, we are never
told about that but he certainly looks like a drunk. When
Russia abruptly ended air coordination after the failed US attack on
a Syrian base, dozens of Tomahawk missiles splashing harmlessly into
the Mediterranean, America’s games in Syria came to an end.
When
and it was “when” an American plane would be downed, and it was
already in motion, Trump would be blamed. The US is really
powerless against Russia militarily.
It
was this blunder that led Erdogan into a week of air attacks on the
US ground units inside Syria. What a humiliation.g
Why Flight Safety Memo Suspension Became Painful Experience for Trump
Sputnik/Moscow:
The collapse of Russo-American collaboration over flight safety in
Syria turned out to be a painful experience for the US, Russian
academic Nikita Danyuk suggested in an interview with Radio Sputnik,
adding that it is unlikely that Washington will continue to infringe
on the Syrian state.
Russia’s
Izvestia newspaper reported Tuesday that following the request
of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Moscow
restored the memorandum of understanding on flight safety
over Syria concluded
between the US and Russia in 2015.
Commenting
on the issue, Nikita Danyuk, Deputy Director of the Center
for Strategic Research and Prognosis at RUDN
University, told
Radio Sputnik that
it appears that the collapse of cooperation between Russia
and the US was painful for Washington.
“The
restoration of the memorandum comes as a signal that, most
likely, the US will no longer make efforts to infringe upon the
Syrian state. Apparently, they understand that their combat
operations against terrorists in Syria won’t work
without coordination with Russia,” Danyuk said.
“By
maintaining a negative background in its relations with Russia
the US risked exacerbating the situation,” the Russian academic
noted.
“I
believe that if such provocations [on the part of the US] happen
again, then, obviously, there will be no room for trust [between
Moscow and Washington] or in a potential alliance
against terrorism,” Danyuk said.
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PHOTO: RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY
According
to Izvestia, the decision to restore the memorandum was
taken on April 13, after Tillerson’s official visit
to Moscow.”Rex Tillerson asked Russia to reinstate the
agreement while in Moscow,” a Russian Foreign Ministry source
told the media outlet.
The
memorandum features specific instructions for pilots which
ensure flight safety amid Russia and the US-led coalition’s
parallel campaigns. A round-the-clock communication channel was also
opened between the two countries’ military personnel.
The
mechanism was officially suspended on April 7 following the
US massive missile strike against the Syrian government forces’
Shayrat Air Base. The Pentagon launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles
at the airfield used by the Syrian Arab Army for its
fight against terrorism in the region.
According
to the White House, the attack was a response to the
alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria’s Idlib province
on April 4, which resulted in the deaths of over 80
people. Washington blamed the incident on the Syrian government,
although no evidence proving the claim has been provided since then
by the US.
Ahead
of the attack Moscow warned
the international community against leaping to the
conclusions and
called for an impartial investigation into the Idlib
chemical incident.
“We
consider such actions of the US side as a gross violation
of the memorandum… on ensuring the security of operations
in the Syrian airspace signed in 2015,” Russian Defense
Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a
statement, “The Russian Defense Ministry is suspending cooperation
with the Pentagon within the framework of this
memorandum.”
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AP PHOTO/ VADIM GHIRDA
It
appears that the Russian Defense Ministry decision came as a
bolt from the blue for the Pentagon: on the same day,
Pentagon spokesperson Michelle Baldanza told Sputnik that the US
Department of Defense still
wants to communicate with Russia.”The
Department of Defense maintains the desire for dialogue
through the flight safety channel,” Baldanza said. “It is
to the benefit of all parties operating in the air
over Syria to avoid accidents and miscalculation, and we
hope the Russian Ministry of Defense comes to this
conclusion as well.”
On
April 14 Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov specified that Russia will
continue to communicate with the US within the
framework of the memorandum only
“on the condition that
such [US] unpredictable actions aren’t repeated,” referring
to Washington’s attack against the Shayrat airfield
in Syria launched under false pretenses.
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