Syria Conflict: Us 'outraged' Over Aid Convoy Attack

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-37415373

Why was this aid convoy attacked ? It was obvious that it was an aid convoy and now Red Crescent workers have been killed.

What price the word Assad or Putin now....the same Putin that an awful lot of people were lauding only 24 hours ago ?

[Old_Geezer]

I'd assume it wasn't a deliberate attempt to take out an aid convoy. Errors occur, and the Ruskies are the only ones to make them.

[fiction-factory]

Did you mean "...are NOT... ", O_G?

[Old_Geezer]

The tech gremlins strikes again. No latter how much proofreading I do and having corrected every other word at least, it still posts with a missing word.

We definitely need an edit facility.

[douglas9401]

It doesn't fatter, OG

[Gromit]

The ceasefire had already been broken over the weekend when US bombing raids (with the help of a British drone) killed Syrian Government troops. The Syrians immediately declared that the attack meant the ceasefire was over.

So why was an aid convey allowed to move when hostilities had resumed?

// NEWS BRIEF The Syrian military called off a cease-fire agreement that began last week, a decision it blamed on rebel groups, but which was likely affected by a U.S. bombing mission that killed Syrian government forces over the weekend.

Hours AFTER the cease-fire was declared over, the UN said an aid convoy carrying food and hygiene kits to tens of thousands of people trapped in Aleppo was attacked. Of the 31 trucks in the envoy, 18 were hit, said a UN spokesman Monday. It’s unclear who carried out the attack or the manner in which the convoy was hit. //

[ichkeria]

I'd lay good odds it was no error.
Still, full marks to the US for at least going through the motions of trying to deal with these people.

[Gromit]

// full marks to the US //

What for? Declaring a ceasefire and then instantly breaking it. And then mistakenly bombing the Government side instead of their intended target ISIS.

Yes, full marks for being a complete shower.

[ichkeria]

Yes they may not be clever, but give me incompetence, if that is what it is, over Assad's deliberate policy of targeting civilians any day.
Two sides playing by different rules are unlikely to reach any sort of agreement but I think the feeling is there was nothing to lose by at least trying

[Gromit]

ichkeria,

Obama/Kerry didn't agree to a ceasefire out of any sympathy for the Syrian people. They wanted a temporary peace while the US Presidential Election was on. Nothing highlights his failure and the Democrats than daily pictures of death and destruction coming from Syria. There is no greater vote loser than losing a war, especially if it is knocking Hillary off the front pages.

[naomi24]

Mikey, //the same Putin that an awful lot of people were lauding only 24 hours ago ?//

Stop spinning. No one was 'lauding' Putin. I surely don't need to explain to you yet again that the conversation was about commitment!

[ichkeria]

If Obama and Kerry thought they could strike a deal with Assad and Putin that would last until the end of the US presidential election then they are dumber than even you think Gromit
As a matter of fact, it was the RUSSIAN election that coincided almost exactly with the short cessation of hostilities
Strange, that :-)

[youngmafbog]

It's war. Far worse has happened in the past.

[-Talbot-]

mikey4444
What price the word Assad or Putin now....the same Putin that an awful lot of people were lauding only 24 hours ago ?
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To paraphrase another ABer ... what absolute drivel.
Would you care to back that statement up with evidence?

[ladybirder]

78,000 people will not now get this aid. 20 aid workers killed. Makes one despair.

And Mikey I read what was written yesterday and nobody was lauding Putin. Why are you deliberately not understanding because it's clear enough?

[mikey4444]

Talbot....yes, no problem there !

Putin is being lauded for being "committed"....committed to bombing civilian targets, including hospitals in Syria, committed to wide-spread election fraud, and committed to annexing parts of a neighbouring country.

I still stand by my original accusation made yesterday in regards to Diane James....she expressed admiration for Putin.....

"After naming Thatcher and Churchill, James was asked to confirm that she also considered the Russian president among her top three, and she responded that she did"

Ms James was joined, enthusiastically, by lots here on AB for being a committed Leader...some even went on to include Adolph Hitler in their list of strong, committed Leaders.

[mikey4444]

ladybirder ::::::

"During the LBC interview, she described Putin as a strong leader who stands up for Russia. “I admire him from the point of view that he’s standing up for his country. He is very nationalist,” she said"

[naomi24]

Mikey, for goodness sake stop. You're being foolish.

[ladybirder]

mikey ::::::

Thud!

[ichkeria]

I am sure most people here wouldn't go as far as to "support" Putin (tho what does that actually mean anyway) but there was a lot of rather ridiculous faffing around, largely I suspect because it was a UKIP politician who had said what she said.
I'd call it "praising with excessively faint damnation" :-)