What will Obama and Putin talk about?

COL Mikel J. Burroughs — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 16:01:04 -0400

What will Obama and Putin talk about?

RP Members interesting article from Prof. Vladimir Kozin is the leading Russian expert on disarmament and strategic stability issues, exclusively for ORIENTAL REVIEW. Your thoughts?

The “war” refugees?

The “coalition” vs. ISIS?

The White House has openly advocated for the armed overthrow of the current Syrian regime, and never renounced that goal.

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/09/26/what-will-obama-and-putin-talk-about/

In this final week before Vladimir Putin addresses the UN General Assembly, there has been a flurry of contact between Washington and Moscow. And by that I don’t just mean the Sept. 18 telephone call between the defense ministers of Russia and the US.

Russia’s beefed up military presence in Syria has clearly sparked a whole series of informal consultations, the culmination of which should be a meeting between the leaders of Russia and the United States on the sidelines of the General Assembly.

The key topics during their talks will undoubtedly be the refugee crisis and the fight against the Islamic State, the latter having about as much to do with Islam as ‘Russian dressing’ has to do with Russia.

Vladimir Kozin - The key topics during the Obama-Putin talks will be the refugee crisis and the fight against the Islamic State.

Response by CPT Ahmed Faried made Sep 26 at 2015 5:09 PM

CPT Ahmed Faried — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 17:09:18 -0400

At the top of the list will be Ukraine and Syria no doubt.

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 26 at 2015 5:41 PM

PO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 17:41:53 -0400

Personally I would hope that they will talk about a way to help the refugees, but I feel the conversation will be a more militaristic view on how to stop the main problem and then figure out a way to help the ones affected. In my opinion they may try to talk about a way they both can try and figure out a solution to pushing the fight out of Syria. Syrian refugees are a big issue, but I don't see a way we could really help them without relieving the starter problem first.

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Sep 27 at 2015 9:37 AM

CSM Michael J. Uhlig — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 09:37:21 -0400

The topic of discussion is the resolution of the Syrian conflict, of course.....

Response by COL Ted Mc made Sep 27 at 2015 12:38 PM

COL Ted Mc — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 12:38:45 -0400

COL Mikel J. Burroughs - Mikel; An interesting article.

Unfortunately about the only part of it that I can agree with is the "One gets the impression that the primary, secret purpose of Washington’s interest in talking to Moscow about ways to resolve the Syrian conflict is actually to block any expansion of the military-technical cooperation between Russia and Syria, thus depriving Russia of some of her best leverage in her efforts to defeat ISIS." bit - which is consistent with the general tenor of "If I can't win then I'm going to make sure that all you have is a wasteland." that appears to characterize American politics today.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 28 at 2015 10:28 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:28:19 -0400

COL Mikel J. Burroughs - sir, did you watch the recent 60 minutes clip with the interview with Pres. Putin? He's an interesting character. My guess would be that they talk about Syria and Russia's involvement to support the Assad regime and to seek a middle ground with US support. I believe Pres. Obama will work more towards leaving Assad in place, but only for a transitional period. In the end, both sides win. Only time will tell.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Sep 28 at 2015 10:30 AM

MCPO Roger Collins — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:30:08 -0400

It looks like Obama's watch is missing. Along with his stage presence.

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 28 at 2015 11:32 AM

PO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:32:18 -0400

lol ... "so what do you want me to do?" lol should I finish the story? lol

Response by CW2 John Brookins made Sep 28 at 2015 1:46 PM

CW2 John Brookins — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:46:18 -0400

Terms of our surrender?

Response by LTC Stephen Conway made Nov 24 at 2015 2:35 AM

LTC Stephen Conway — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 02:35:58 -0500

They will talk about Cap and Trade and Carbon taxes in Crimea and West Ossetia.