Russia: it is clear that the US can strike at will in Syria
The statement by the American officials that the US will not repeat the attacks on Syria if there is no threat to the American forces shows that the Pentagon has reserved the right to do so at any time, as stated by the First Deputy of the Federation Council on Defense and Security Committee, Franz Klintsevich, to journalists.
"Any military person will tell you that the term ' threat ' has a broad interpretation. This means that the Americans reserve the right to hit Syria at any time. The statement by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Dunford, should be looked at in such and not any other way,” said Klintsevich.
According to him, the Americans actually confirmed that their presence in Syria was not to fight terrorists but to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"If this entire international phantasmagoria is translated into the language of a simple human relationship, it looks as if guests come to your home without any invitation, and, with their feet on the table, they begin to dictate their terms with arrogance. I think, that this is why the talk about international law is simply meaningless", the senator thinks.
He did not rule out that, "for known reasons", for some time the American military in Syria would not be controlled at all by the United States supreme leadership. "
“There is only one alternative, the so-called excesses of the executors on the ground, with all the unforeseeable consequences,” added Klintsevich.