U.S. still taking credit for Russia's & Iraq's victories against ISIS

Sputnik
Fri, 08 Jan 2016 13:37 UTC

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Russia's counterterrorism operation in Syria has essentially made possible the achievements of the Iraqi forces in their fight against Daesh, political analyst Professor Stephen F. Cohen said during the John Batchelor Show.

This could sound surprising to some but consider this: Moscow's anti-Daesh campaign, according to Cohen, "has been denigrated and deleted in the US press coverage but it has been very-very successful." The analyst described Russia's contribution to the fight against Daesh as "tremendous."

Moscow has helped Damascus-led forces to strengthen their position so that they could tackle Daesh. The campaign has "also contributed to the wins (that the United States is boasting of) in Iraq," the analyst said, referring to the recent victory in Ramadi.

"The Russians were, though we don't admit it, our military partner in these wins in Iraq. And yet the other day the Pentagon announced that it still will not share intelligence about the whereabouts of jihadists in Syria with the Russians," he noted.

Cohen maintains that the Pentagon's stance reflects the White House position that Assad must go, while Russia will make sure that this does not happen, because overthrowing Assad will mean "no Syrian army and no boots on the ground" against Daesh.

In addition, Russia has dealt a major blow to the terrorist group's main source of revenue. Daesh has long been considered to be the wealthiest terrorist organization in the world. The group's income mostly came from selling oil smuggled from Iraq and Syria to the black market in Turkey.

The Russian warplanes have been "pulverizing" the Daesh infrastructure, including oil trucks, Cohen noted. "That did terrible damage to Daesh."

Interesting fact: in its counterterrorism operation, Moscow has been using "technology that apparently the Pentagon did not even known the Russians had." Cohen is referring to Russia's cutting-edge cruise missiles and military aircraft, which Moscow has unleashed against Daesh since September 30.

Comment: And this is why the US won the Liar's Award for 2015 - though German media came in a very close second:

The United States government can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but it cannot fool all of the people all of the time. That's why when State Department Spokesman John Kirby bragged up Washington's sordid achievements of 2015, even things that they never did, such as the declaration that the US brought "peace and security to Syria," everyone in the entire world raised eyebrows and said come again?

Writing in his laudatory year-in-review, Kirby further bragged of the US "stepping up to aid the Syrian people during their time of need," while taking credit for peace talks set for next month. Ironically, the peace talks are the fruit of a joint Russian-Iranian effort to get the opposition groups - not "moderate" terrorists - to talk with the Syrian government, something the War Party and its vassals had long resisted and openly opposed. Kirby's silly declaration notwithstanding, the War Party is no longer able to hide the bitter truth about the ongoing proxy war from hardcore thinkers:

Liar's Award for 2015: US brought peace to Syria!