The moral of this story is: don’t send Barack Obama to negotiate your operational modus vivendi with Russia in a combat zone.
On the first day of Russian air strikes in Syria, Russia surprised the U.S. by sending a general officer to the American embassy in Baghdad to issue a “demarche,” or a unilateral demand or statement of intent. The general – who is stationed with the new joint intelligence command center set up in Baghdad by Russia, Iran, Syria, and Iraq – said Russia would be conducting strikes, and he “requested” that U.S. forces remain clear of the Russian operating area. (See video.)
https://youtu.be/gWV38Jgry9g
Pentagon officials point out that that’s not what anyone meant by proposing to coordinate with Russian forces in Syria.
Click here to read the Pentagon’s statement at LibertyUnyielding.
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