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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: RVtitem on September 23, 2016, 10:01:17 PM
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Speaking to the US Senate, the Pentagon’s leaders blamed Russia for the Aleppo aid convoy attack, but admitted they “had no facts.” Only US coalition planes should be allowed over Syria, they said, though that would require war against both Syria and Russia.
Both the lawmakers and the Pentagon chiefs blamed that development on Russia, focusing on the alleged airstrike against the humanitarian convoy in east Aleppo while the US-led airstrike against the Syrian Army fighting IS in Deir ez-Zor went unmentioned.
“I don’t have the facts,”Dunford said, when asked about the convoy attack by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut).“It was either the Russians or the regime,”he added.
“There is no doubt in my mind that the Russians are responsible,”whether directly or because they backed the government in Damascus, Dunford said, describing the attack as“an unacceptable atrocity.”
Carter explained Dunford’s logic in a response to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), saying that“the Russians are responsible for this strike whether they conducted it or not, because they took responsibility for the conduct of the Syrians by associating themselves with the Syrian regime.”
The latest proposal by Secretary of State John Kerry involves grounding only Syrian and Russian airplanes, Carter told Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire).
“There can be no question of grounding US aircraft”over Syria, he said, adding that US jets conduct their strikes“with exceptional precision… that no other country can match.”
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) asked about what it would take for the US to impose a no-fly zone over Syria, using the phrase“control the airspace.”
“Right now… for us to control all of the airspace in Syria would require us to go to war against Syria and Russia,”Dunford replied, drawing a rebuke from committee chairman John McCain (R-Arizona), who argued a no-fly zone was possible without war.
Asked about the video of US-backed Syrian rebels insulting US Special Forces in Al-Rai and running them out of the northern Syrian town, Carter and Dunford shrugged it off.
https://www.rt.com/usa/360317-carter-dunford-syria-russia-senate/