President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad (second from left), Russian President Vladimir Putin (center), Russian minister of defense General of the Army Sergei Shoigu (second from right), and chief of the general staff of the Russian Federation armed forces General of the Army Valery Gerasimov (right) meet 21 November 2017 in Sochi, Russia, to discuss the closing phases of Russian support for operations in Syria. (Photo courtesy of Administration of the President of Russia)
Tom Ricks, Task & Purpose: The Army’s ‘Military Review’ Just Declared The US Was Defeated In Syria
I was interested to see in an article in the new issue of “Military Review,” a publication of the U.S. Army, conclude that, “Russia appears to have won at least a partial victory in Syria, and done so with impressive efficiency, flexibility, and coordination between military and political action.”
Looking at Putin, the article states that “the Russian campaign might be judged a qualified success from the standpoint of the Kremlin’s own objective.”
As for the United States, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, the authors (who are not Army employees—one is at the Center for Naval Analyses, and the other is at the Kennan Institute) conclude “it is certainly a defeat for those who opposed the Russian-led coalition.”
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WNU Editor: No .... the U.S. has not been defeated in Syria .... nor has it really won anything. I would call it more of a "holding situation" with its Kurdish allies in eastern Syria. But the article from "Military Review" that Tom Ricks is referring to is an interesting read, and it can be found here .... What Kind of Victory for Russia in Syria? (Michael Kofman & Matthew Rojansky, Military Review)
