Sunday, October 4, 2015

U.S. Admits: We Can’t Protect Syrian Allies From Russia’s Bombs - The Daily Beast

U.S. Admits: We Can’t Protect Syrian Allies From Russia’s Bombs - The Daily Beast: Putin’s warplanes are targeting the CIA’s rebel friends. And the U.S. doesn’t know yet if there’s any way to respond.

United States officials conceded Thursday that there is little the they could do in Syria to protect CIA-vetted rebels, the very people the American government trained and armed, who are now coming under fire from Russian airstrikes.

The military isn’t willing to intervene on behalf of the rebels, given the potentially disastrous consequences of an escalation with Russian forces, U.S. defense officials and top lawmakers told The Daily Beast. No one wants to accidentally touch off a showdown between superpowers.

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