Russians Are Fighting Near Americans on Same Side of Syria’s Battlefield ('within hand-grenade range')

[TomSea]

Mar 28 2017, 12:06 pm ET
Russians Are Fighting Near Americans on Same Side of Syria’s Battlefield

by F. Brinley Bruton

Russian and American troops are within "hand-grenade range" of each other in parts of Syria, according to U.S. commanders, an overlap that highlights Moscow's efforts to bolster its footprint in the Middle East.

While the Russians and Americans have traditionally been on opposite sides of the Syrian civil war — with the Kremlin supporting President Bashar al-Assad and Washington working with rebels fighting him. But now the rivals are both backing Kurdish YPG fighters as they take on ISIS there and in neighboring Iraq.

Army Lt. Gen. Steven Townsend, the commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, told reporters earlier this month that all the forces in Syria "have converged literally within hand-grenade range of one another."

...

 Krieg warned that because of the close proximity, Americans or Russian troops could potentially be hit inadvertently despite fighting on the same side.

"Escalation is bound to happen," he added.

Continued: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russians-are-fighting-near-u-s-same-side-syria-s-n739356

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Let the democrats put that in their pipe and smoke it.