Putin states:
“To pursue the defeat of ISIL without at the same time pursuing a political transition is to fuel the very kind of extremism that underlies ISIL, and if that’s the Russian view that’s a logical contradiction,” Carter said. “And the way out of that contradiction is to pursue both of those in parallel. And on that basis I think we’re prepared to discuss a way ahead with Russia where the political and the military move in parallel.”
Meanwhile, Carter maintained that the U.S. would not soften its stance against Russia’s actions in Ukraine, for its annexation of the Crimean peninsula and for its alleged support to separatist groups in the country’s east. The “ongoing discussions on Syria will not in any way take away from our strong condemnation of Russia’s action in Ukraine, or change our sanctions and security support in response to those destabilizing actions,” Carter said.
Whatever the outcome, the Syrian conflict is coming to a head, with Russia taking a hard stance and sending in troops. Is Obama’s foreign policies to blame? Many think his tendency to push everything to the “global community” to make decisions like the UN, creates an impotent response. the UN has always stood by and watched genocides, like Bosnia and Rwanda. Even when the UN acts, it acts with rules of engagement, that have translated into on the ground troops not stepping in with force, they just stand by and what it burn.
Source: International Business Times
