By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
The press coverage showing Russia NOT hitting ISIS shows a total lack of understanding. Look again.
Russia was hitting al Qaeda representatives called al Nusra. And al Nusra is the group that controls areas essential to transport and movement within Syria.
Al Nusra is a large and very organized force in Syria and they control populated strategic areas. The Russians, Syrians, Hezbollah and Iran are all joining forces to fight them, as well as ISIS.
One source explained "The (Russian) air strikes will in the near future be accompanied by ground advances by the Syrian army and its allies."
This combined force has several targets - ISIS is only one of them. Included in their target list is al Nusra (the al Qaeda group) and any rebel groups supported by the United States. As of last count there are only 4 or 5 of those groups. Included, of course, are all foreign fighters especially Chechnians and that group may number as many as 6,000 fighters.
The objective is more than simply securing Assad and establishing a Russian / Iranian nexus of control and influence. It is getting these factions under control. The entire job should take about a month. Thousands of Iranian commandos have arrived over the past few days. They will join the Syrian, Hezbollah and Russian teams.
The United States thinks that Russia is simply interested in ISIS because the United States is interested in ISIS. But NO there are many other forces on the ground. Once again, the Russian agenda is larger than the United States agenda.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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