Posted on Oct 15, 2015

Is the Whitehouse’s decision to reject the Kremlin’s offer for talks on the Russian campaign in Syria against ISIL (ISIS) a smart move?

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Amid growing friction over Russian airstrikes in Syria that began Sept. 30, the U.S. rejected Putin’s offer to send a delegation led by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to Washington to explain the campaign against Islamic State and other militants, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. Putin accused some states of having “oatmeal in their heads” on Tuesday for failing to understand that Russia’s intervention seeks to defeat terrorism. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed “regret” on Wednesday over the American rejection of high-level talks.

“We’ve said that we’re not interested in doing that as long as Russia is not willing to make a constructive contribution to our counter-ISIL effort,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday, using an acronym for Islamic State. “Russia has their own agenda and it’s an agenda right now that they’re pursuing on their own.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-15/putin-says-u-s-position-on-syria-is-weak-lacks-objectives

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I think we should always talk. We should talk with our allies, we should talk with neutrals and yes, we should talk with out enemies.

So yes, it was foolish to reject talks.

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MAJ Andrew Fishkin, I agree that talks are necessary and usually beneficial. However, is there a strategy at play here? After all, the press Secretary stated that Russia “…is not willing to make a constructive contribution to our counter-ISIL effort,” Is Putin the issue here? and not the US.

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