Russian Roulette

The US regime is currently in a bind over their failed Syria regime change policy.

Ever since their 70 or so so-called ‘moderate rebels,’ who were trained to the tune of $500 million flew the coop and gave their US-provided weapons over to the extremist freaks, and Russia’s announcement that it will help Syria fight ISIS, the US has been scrambling to provide damage control.

Their initial asinine demands of ‘Assad must go,' and their stupid accusations that 'Russia has invaded Syria,' and that it’s 'destabilizing the region' have now become more muted, if not silly and hypocritical.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has finally had enough, and decided to call the US out on their so-called fight against ISIS. He offered to cooperate with the US in fighting the militant group.

The US doesn’t know what to do since their aim is to overthrow the current Syrian government under the guise of fighting terrorism, while secretly aiding and abetting the militants to further that aim.

The US also can’t say ‘yes’ to Russia, because that would be against the US regime’s core objectives. But by not taking Russia up on its offer to help, the US would also expose the truth about its involvement in that region. Saying no to Russia will mean that the US isn’t serious about fighting ISIS, and that the US aim in Syria is not to get rid of ISIS but to overthrow governments.

The US will be exposed as a liar if it says no to Putin and does anything to hamper Russia’s efforts to help fight ISIS.

Will the rest of Europe be just as immature? Will they hamper Russia, whose help may be vital to stemming the tide of Syrian refugees? But since the EU has a habit of shooting itself in the foot by blindly going along with looney and destructive US demands, it remains to be seen how they react to all this.

Putin is clearly giving the US an opportunity to correct its mistakes, just like he has multiple times during the last few years. But if the US doesn’t take advantage of this opportunity, and continues its nefarious and failed policies, then Putin will turn his back and act with the Syrian government in whatever way he can to destroy ISIS, and every single rebel. There will be no differentiation.

So either way, US regime change policy is doomed to failure. Either they join with Russia and truly fight ISIS, or Russia will help Syria fight ISIS, and every other militant group.

And if Russia is successful, the US won’t be able to call the shots at all. If the US joins Russia to truly fight ISIS it will still have to talk to Assad and Russia at the negotiating table.

But the US can also forget about their Plan B, namely to cajole Russia into persuading Assad to leave. This was actually the main reaction from the US State Dept. freaks after Russia announced their involvement in Syria, that Russia tells Assad leave. It clearly shows what the priority of the US is.

But whether Assad leaves or not can only be decided by the Syrian people, not the US regime nutcases and their bought fake Syrian ‘opposition’ puppets sitting in Turkish and European hotel room suites.

Putin is too smart not to notice such US scams. What he’ll do is extend a genuine hand of cooperation to test US sincerity. If, and when, he sees that the US regime isn’t serious, that they’re trying to stall and make idiotic and unreasonable demands, Putin will turn his back and do what he and the Syrians need to do.

Once the Russian base in Syria is ready, we shall see what a real anti-terror operation looks like.

So the US has only two choices:

1. Join with Russia, the Syrians, Iraq and Iran in a genuine coalition against ISIS and other militant groups, give up on regime change, and work for a negotiated solution where it won’t get all it wants

2. Refuse to join Russia, Syria, and Iran, be exposed as a liar and a hypocrite, still fail to overthrow the Syrian government, and have no say whatsoever after ISIS is destroyed.

It’s up to the US what it wants out of all this Syria business: a little, or nothing. It can’t, and won’t have it all this time.

Putin has loaded a bullet into a gun, spun the chamber, and handed the gun to the US. Will the US dare to pull the trigger?