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The White House and State Department said Thursday that it was monitoring reports that Russia is carrying out military operations in Syria's civil war on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad, with both warning that such actions would further destabilize Syria's perilous situation."
We are aware of reports that Russia may have deployed military personnel and aircraft to Syria, and we are monitoring those reports quite closely," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Thursday
State Department spokesman Mark Toner echoed Earnest's message, saying "we have seen various reports that Russia may be deploying military personnel ... we're unclear what these might be used for." Toner added that he was "not sure that we have contacted [Moscow] about this yet."
"Russia has asked for clearances for military flight to Syria," a U.S. official was quoted as telling Britain's Daily Telegraph, "[but] we don't know what their goals are ... Evidence has been inconclusive so far as to what this activity is."
Meanwhile the Wall Street Journal reports "
Chinese Navy Ships Came Within 12 Nautical Miles of U.S. Coast"
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Vacuum theory--in physics OR politics. Nature abhores a vacuum..the Obamassiah has left some huge ones in the international scene world-wide, and the Chinese and Putin are only too willing to occupy the empty space..
This was predicts by many when Russia negotiated the deal to help Obama back down from his red line statement regarding Syria's use of chemical weapons. The agreed deal was for Russia to send troops to guard the chemical stockpiles. This gave Bashir access to Russian troops without worrying about Western nations being upset about Russian military operations in other countries.
Russia gets a two-fer, because most of the rebel armament comes from Russian manufacturers. So they get the rebels money, and then get to kill them, retrieve the weapons, and gain some control over Syria. Of course, Obama considers the plan to be best ever, only to be surpassed by his new Iran deal.
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