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UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY :
INDUSTRIES: PETROLEUM :
LIBERTARIANISM :
RACISM :
BIGOTRY :
EXTREMISM :
HATE GROUPS :
INTOLERANCE :
DONALD TRUMP :
BLATANT FALSEHOODS :
SERIAL LIARS :
REPUBLICAN WAR ON WOMEN :
RAPE CULTURE :
SEXISM :
NEO-NAZIS :
KU KLUX KLAN :
RELIGION: CHRISTIANS: RELIGIOUS RIGHT:
VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION :
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ENVIRONMENT: GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE: CLIMATE CHANGE DECEIT :
LEGAL ISSUES :
REPUBLICAN OBAMACARE REPEAL :
STEVE BANNON :
IMMIGRATION :
ISLAMOPHOBIA:
Trumps Plan to Fight ISIS With Putin Isnt Just Futile. Its Dangerous.
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Trumps Plan to Fight ISIS With Putin Isnt Just Futile. Its Dangerous.
There's no way to go to war alongside the Russian army without dragging
American troops down.
By MOLLY K. MCKEW
February 05, 2017
Politico
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/trumps-plan-to-fight-
isis-with-putin-isnt-just-futile-its-dangerous-214743
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/j5cwl6o
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The Presidents statement drew immediate bipartisan fire, with voices from
both sides of the aisle calling Putin a thug and pointing out that
journalists and political opponents alike often end up dead in Russia. But
Trumps broader plan is no less fraught than the casual moral equivalency
he drew. The differences between our wars on terror run as deep as those
between our nations.
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On the surface, the idea of partnership with another powerful and capable
military to share the burden of fighting the Islamic State may sound
tempting. Russia has devoted considerable resources to broadcasting its
"victorious war" in Syria, airing endless footage of spectacular
airstrikes and trumpeting supposed territorial gains. The slick Kremlin
media narrative and coordinated messaging campaigns have helped create
powerful myths about its effectiveness in Syria and in the war against
ISIS.
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But thats exactly what they are: myths. The truth is that it is both
pointless and dangerous for America to fight ISIS alongside Russia.
Pointless because the Russians are not there to fight ISIS their real
goals in the region have nothing to do with eliminating the terror group,
but with empowering Assad and other anti-American allies. Dangerous
because the United States and Russia share neither common goals nor common
tactics. Our forces are not interoperable, and neither is the way we fight
wars. Russians operate differently from Americans at every level of
conflict tactically, operationally, and strategically. There is no
established trust between our nations or our forces, and the place to
build that trust is not during a major operation where our goals are
fundamentally misaligned.
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There is simply no way to make Russia our partner in this fight without
betraying the values we defend as a nation, betraying the principles we
endeavor to uphold in this war, and betraying the force we have built to
fight it. If Trump pushes ahead anyway, what are we in for?
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Topics Covered in This Article
Counterterrorism, Russian style
Russias kabuki war on ISIS
The threat to alliances
What if he really tries it?
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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