US Won’t Risk Military Confrontation
With Russia – German Newspaper
With its airstrikes in Syria against the ISIL terrorists, Moscow "caught the White House off guard," German newspaper Die Welt wrote.
After a long period of isolation, the US recently invited Russia to coordinate their actions in Syria in order to avoid possible military clashes between the two countries there.
However, as Putin's military operation seems to prove extremely well, Americans have been put to the background, “with hesitant and rational Obama” once again surprised by the success of “brave and willing to risk Putin," the German newspaper wrote.
“Anything we do now will be conditioned by their [Russian] presence and influence. This is a reality we now have to deal with,” John McLaughlin, former deputy director of the CIA, recently told the Washington post.
The US has to agree with Russia's actions, because it does not want to risk a military conflict with the Kremlin. Thus, Putin again did better than Obama, by taking the situation in his own hands and expanding Russia's influence in the Middle East, Die Welt wrote.
After the start of Russia’s military operation in Syria, the relations between the US and Russia still remain strained, the newspaper mentioned.
"Apparently, Russia’s plan is to publicly humiliate the US government," the newspaper wrote, adding that the Americans will be unable and unwilling to risk a confrontation with Russia, being aware that the resolution of the Syrian crisis would be impossible without the Kremlin’s involvement.
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