U.S. general: Russia is both 'arsonist and fireman' in Syria

Where as the US just plays the arsonist.

It takes one to know one.

Oh dear, are the big bad Russians being meenies and not doing what Washington wants? How very uncouth of them! Don't they know the whole world is supposed to align exactly according to US geopolitical interests?

The Russians bomb the hell out of an urban area with battlefield weapons, turns a blind eye to the use of chlorine gas on civilians in urban areas and then declares a humanitarian cease fire to help those civilians, victims is a better word, of this hell on earth they are responsible for creating. Madness.

The Russians bomb the hell out of an urban area with battlefield weapons, turns a blind eye to the use of chlorine gas on civilians in urban areas and then declares a humanitarian cease fire to help those civilians, victims is a better word, of this hell on earth they are responsible for creating. Madness.

exactly. Well said.

I'm glad Obama kept the US out of this as much as possible. Russia owns this now. The larger question is their relationship with Iran; without cooperation, fighting will never end.

What our top generals and leaders say and how they make major decisions behind closed doors when discussing military strategy:

"What?! They're BROWN?! Bomb THEM!"

------George Carlin, comedian

Syria has a legitimate government in power. That government invited Russia and Iran to assist Syria in its efforts to suppress an insurrection. The United States has not been invited into Syria, but justified its presence there as necessary to destroy the geographic caliphate of ISIL. A pseudo-country independent of Syria. Now that ISIL no longer controls any territory, the United States has no lawful basis for remaining in Syria. (Yes, I'm aware of the argument that the United States must stay to prevent a reconstitution of the caliphate. I just don't buy it.) The Government of Syria now has every right to demand (and expect) the United States to withdraw as required by law. If the United States continues on its present path, it will inevitably find itself isolated from the rest of the world as a lawless pariah.

Assad, like Sadam and Gadaffi are nessasary to hold their countries united, free from terrorism. Just like America needs trump to keep white, black and Hispanic citizens together.

Russia has done nothing wrong over Syria unless you want Syria to be partitioned by neighbouring countries!

They are in the same category.

Russia has done nothing wrong over Syria unless you want Syria to be partitioned by neighbouring countries!

Of course not. They support the Assad regime, just like the DPRK government do. All lovely people, doing nothing wrong in Syria.

A man who coordinates and cooperates with the last surviving Apartheid regime, and the Saud crime family, should have his comments ridiculed, not give credibility by JapanToday.

And the comments calling Assad a dictator despite the elections and separation of powers in the Syrian government sound a lot like the comments I used to see calling Chavez a dictator despite the elections and separation of powers in Venezuela. In other words, full of racism and a sense of supremacism, and light on facts.