October 5, 2015
Obama Is Going to Get a U.S. Pilot Killed
President Obama has allowed President Putin to maneuver the United States into a no-win position. He has made it more likely that a U.S. Air Force pilot or crew will be shot down and killed or captured by Russia – or worse, ISIS forces. And it will be perfectly legal. The United States won't have a leg to stand on at the United Nations or anywhere else. The alternative is that we will turn tail and run, by withdrawing U.S. advisors and their assistance to anti-ISIS forces.
Heretofore, the Russian presence in Syria was fairly limited to its warm water port in Tartus, with no significant aviation or ground force presence to speak of. This all changed when the president, in his geopolitical naiveté, decided to instigate a still nascent Arab Spring. He followed this by "leading from behind," as coalition forces, actually led by France, executed, in the words of Secretary of State Kerry, "unbelievably small" air...(Read Full Article)