“U.S.
defense chief Ash Carter said on Tuesday the United States would not
cooperate with Russia in the fight against the extremist group, the
Islamic State (IS). 'We (the Pentagon) are not able to associate more
broadly with Russia's approach in Syria, because it is wrongheaded
and strategically shortsighted,' said Carter at a press conference.”
“While
the Kremlin insisted that its goal in Syria was to target the IS,
Washington accused it of targeting rebels who opposed the Syrian
government. It was not the first time for Carter to dismiss the
possibility of cooperation between U.S.-led coalition and Russia on
the anti-IS campaign.”
“Despite
Carter's dismissal of the Russian strategy in Syria, the United
States on Friday announced it would abandon its own train-and-equip
program in Syria, a central pillar of U.S. President Barack Obama's
counter-IS strategy which was previously aimed at recruiting 5,400
Syrian rebels each year for three years. Instead, the Obama
administration would from now on support existing rebel groups.”
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The first target is to allow the
US to withdraw progressively any forces from the Syrian mess,
avoiding another endless attrition war. At the same time,
Washington will start a new propaganda war to pass the blame for
the mess to Putin and his allies. Simultaneously, Washington hopes
to restore, to some degree, the relations with the European
allies, as many of them are dissatisfied with the US policy, which
generated the huge problem of the fleeing refugees, finding Europe
totally unprepared to deal with it. Putin will be considered
responsible for the new waves of refugees.
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