"Will U.S. - Russian Led Forces Fight Against Each..." Topic

… Other When The Battle To Retake Raqqa From ISSIS Intensifies?

"The Russia-backed Syrian military made a lightning advance Tuesday into the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) stronghold of Raqqa, opening a new front against the jihadists as they face a separate assault from local forces supported by the U.S.

The advancing Syrian army and its allies, which also include Iran and various militias supportive of President Bashar al-Assad, met the defense lines of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S.-backed, majority-Kurd coalition of Arabs and ethnic minorities. The two groups, both of which are heavily involved in the fight against ISIS, have clashed and allied at various time in the past, but current U.S. tensions with Assad allies Russia and Iran have raised concerns that a competition to overtake Raqqa city could spark a new conflict between the oncoming forces…"
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Well… both sides are focused on defeating ISIS … the big worry is what happens after ISIS has been defeated, and will U.S. forces remain in Syria to protect their Syrian allies or not?

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I'm sure there will be some attempts at "deconfliction" or things might get a bit messy.

History proves we will leave

History proves we are not enemies and never have been. The Cold War was a politico-economic creation, beneficial to both "sides", but far more to the US than the Soviet Union. We are rivals, which is not the same thing as enemies. The same goes for China, we are rivals.

The US media is obsessed with Russia in a bad way. We should be working with the Russians and the Chinese to our mutual betterment.

And besides the Kurds, there are no moderate rebels in Syria.