Of course it is [a proxy war], and when the president says were not going to have that strategy, we dont have a strategy. Excuse me? We dont have a strategy, McCain told CNN on Sunday.
But more importantly, John Kerry called [Russian foreign minister Sergei] Lavrov three times to find out what was going on, the president had a 90-minute meeting with [Russian President] Vladimir Putin, then 48 hours later a Russian general shows up at our embassy in Baghdad to give us an hours warning that strikes are commencing, he added.
Obama, however, said on Friday, Were not going to make Syria into a proxy war between the United States and Russia. That would be bad strategy on our part."
This is not some superpower chessboard contest, the president added.
Regarding McCains remarks, former CIA contractor Steven D Kelley told Press TV that all of this is nonsense, because certainly the Russians have fulfilled the job.
Russia is showing the world the proper way of dealing with liers and John McCain, of course, seems to have become the face of American lies and the hypocrisy. He still insists that there is some difference between the moderates and ISIS or ISIL, Kelley said,
McCain suggested that the US should stop the barrel bombing [in Syria], establish a no-fly zone, arm the Kurds, get some forward air controllers at work there, build up the Free Syrian Army again and its not too late.
Russialaunched itsair campaign against Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Syria onWednesday. The airstrikes began hours after Washington refused to comply with Moscows demand to take its warplanes out of Syria.
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Russian SU 25 SM ground attack aircraft (ground) and MIG 29 jet fighters (taking off) attend a training session at Primorkso-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar region on March 26, 2015. (AFP photo)[/caption]The chairman of the Senate armed forces committee further said, Putins strategy was to provide us with a choice between Isis (ISIL) and [Syrian President] Bashar Assad.
He said the Russian leaderwas treating the United States with disdain and contempt over Syria.
Putin, however, has repeatedly assured that Russian fighter jetswere targeting ISIL terrorists.Yet the White Housesays it could not confirm who the Russian military wastargeting.
An Associated Press report onThursday saidthat the Pentagon was considering the useof military force against Russia to protect US-trained militants in Syria.
Quoting US authorities, the report said senior military leaders and defense officials are also weighing the risks of using force in response to a Russian attack.
By Press TV
