With Russia and its allies setting out to destroy all terrorist groups
operating within Syria and making moves to cut them off from their
foreign sponsors, the strategy of waging a proxy war as the US has been
doing through Al Qaeda, Al Nusra, and ISIS is no longer viable.
At a recent US Senate hearing
on Russian strategy and military operations,
sitting US Senators, retired generals and representatives from various
think-tanks and lobbying groups attempted to produce a response to
Russia's most recent move.
Rather than interpreting Russia's actions as a welcomed addition to the
supposed "War on Terror," the hearing appeared to interpret the entire
Syrian conflict as a mere pawn in a wider proxy war Washington clearly
believes it is waging against Moscow. Those attending the hearing
admitted to the deterioration of American foreign policy, its global
legitimacy and credibility, and the diminishing returns US State
Department media operations are having worldwide.
In this context, many of the solutions regarding Syria centered not on
how to stop ISIS or restore peace and stability to the country, but
rather how to foil Russia's military operations aimed at terrorist
organizations, how to humiliate and turn global public opinion against
Moscow.
One must wonder - if players among US policy circles believe Syrian
refugees are pawns of potential use in turning public opinion against
Russia in Syria itself, did they not also see them
as pawns that could be used to flood Europe and turn public opinion in favor of waging wider and more direct war on the Syrian government itself?
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