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"The abandoning of allies by the United States during the battle with the Islamic State terrorists [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] could have lasting consequences. Obviously, the problem is not only in one failed operation. The very principles of interacting with allied forces during a war are put under scrutiny. Now, no one in Syria knows what to expect from the Americans," senator Klintsevich was quoted as saying by TASS. "It is easy to imagine what consequences all this will have on the effectiveness of the war against terror," he added.
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Klintsevich, who is a retired colonel of the Airborne Troops and a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, said that he as a military officer cannot justify the decision made by US commanders. "I simply do not understand how one can abandon advancing troops and deprive them of cover. In reality this means that the people on the ground were left to die," he said.
"By doing so the Americans demonstrated that they see Syrian soldiers as cannon fodder. I don't think that they would execute such a maneuver if they had their own ground forces participating in the operation. "No strategic reasoning can justify [the Americans' actions]. Such things simply should not happen in a war," the senator concluded.
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