Russia’s legislature authorizes Putin to use military force in Syria

Shamraz_Khan · September 30, 2015, 9:49am

This probably wont work…but I’m ok with this. ISIS has to go.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russias-legislature-authorizes-putin-to-use-military-force-in-syria/2015/09/30/f069f752-6749-11e5-9ef3-fde182507eac_story.html

MOSCOW – The Russian parliament Wednesday granted President Vladi*mir V. Putin authorization to use military force in Syria, where Putin deployed warplanes and battle tanks earlier this month and has called for an international coalition to battle the Islamic State.

At a closed-door session of the Federation Council, Russia’s highest body of parliament, senators voted unanimously to pass the resolution, Russian state news agencies reported.

The Russian move will likely complicate Western policy toward both the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State militants operating in Syria.

mAd_ScIeNtIsT · October 1, 2015, 3:49am

Re: Russia’s legislature authorizes Putin to use military force in Syria

Except most of the Russian airstrikes have been targetted at the FSA and its Islamist allies, who are fighting against ISIS as well as Assad.

Why are you ok with Russia focusing on the anti-Assad rebellion instead of ISIS?

In fact, today, a Russian spokeman justified this by saying that most of the Anti-Assad rebels are de facto part of ISIS and so will be bombed.