When Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted that he was moving military assets to Syria last week, it appears that the Obama Administration was caught completely flat-footed.Secretary of State John Kerry spoke on the phone with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov twice in four days this week to express his concerns, but Lavrov apparently brushed him off, saying that nothing out of the ordinary was underway. Then today, at a press conference, Lavrov warned of “undesired, unintended consequences” due to the lack of direct communication between U.S. and Russian forces. “We are always in favor of military people talking to each …read more
Source: The American Interest
