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Putin 'shaping the policy in the Middle East'?

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    Gen. McInerney reacts to looming meetings with Russia on Iran, Syria

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Flashback to the Cold War as -- ups the ante.

With the crisis in Syria President Obama is set to meet face to face.

With Vladimir put in the first time since he has returned to his lead role in Russia and that -- -- at the G-20 summit.

Just hours after Moscow sent to war ships to Syria.

Claiming that they are there to protect Russian citizens.

And the only Russian naval base that is outside the former Soviet Union.

But critics say that -- is helping the brutal regime in Syria hang on to power.

It's an unfair fight now Russian shipments are coming in our secretary of state just argued that helicopter Russian helicopter -- Coming to help -- aside while we do not think we should on the sidelines he cries out for American leadership.

Seen over the weekend I'm joined now by lieutenant general Tom Mack and -- former assistant vice chief of staff at the air force.

And now Fox News and military analyst good to have you here today now -- Thanks -- -- Martha how concerning is all of this -- It's very concerned.

Frankly -- is playing the Obama administration and the president elect to fifth.

He -- want to go back to the Cold War.

But he wants.

He would like to have the Soviet Union reinstituted if he could but what he's doing is he is shaping the policy in the Middle East.

Now how is he doing that.

The talks about Iran are meeting today in Moscow.

They will not bear any fruit -- Ronnie and are not going to give up enriching uranium.

Then you flip over to Syria down and they'll talk about it in the group at -- at -- problems today where the president who will meet.

And what's going to happen.

We're not going to be able to budge him you heard what -- of state Hillary Clinton said just before.

That -- frankly it's not confident that the Russians are telling us everything.

They art because they are the number one backer of the Syrians and -- This year aside and why are they.

Because.

Syria controls the whole of box that whole region -- and -- Our allied with Iran Iran's only -- to ally is Syria so that's why a free Syria is so important to us yeah.

-- -- Very well and it raises the humanitarian question -- the US responsibility because now you've got this in massing forces as Senator McCain said.

You know it's an unfair fight.

-- our side has as -- and helicopters and now these ships coming into the region.

That's going to be hugely intimidating of course to these rebels not to mention.

That the casualties -- they've already suffered so you know what what can we do what should we do if anything.

Well first of all we ought to back the Syrian liberation army the SLA.

Unfortunately.

The CIA and the Obama administration.

Are supporting to Free Syrian Army and Muslim Brotherhood.

That is a radical Islamist group.

So we are backing the wrong team there.

I'm surprised that Senator McCain didn't say let's back the Syrian liberation army the SLA.

They're the ones that are moderates.

And with that large number of Sunnis in.

Syria they could be very beneficial to our whole strategy.

And unfortunately.

The Obama administration is backing the wrong team and then they're not even giving them the full -- So you know I mean.

Leadership was the question is Senator McCain brought up at the end of that.

You know what role can we play as you look at what's going on in Syria and you look at Russia's role.

What do you think we should do I mean they'll -- you say we should back them how.

Give them money in if need be we should put a flyover zone in which we do not let the Syrian helicopters.

And artillery fire we could do that they do have surface to air missiles -- -- to some -- And they could be very challenging but we could take that down Syria is very very important.

In the Middle East Martha.

Libya was not yet we put all that effort and Libya then we still put in a Muslim Brotherhood backed al-Qaeda regime.

And that raises the question you know if we did do that if we instituted a no fly zone.

And that ruffled Russia's feathers and then you have to look back at them and say well I thought you claimed that none of the arms that you -- sending -- -- were involved in any of this so why would you care.

Exactly.

Let's let's challenge them and of course they have that the only basis you mentioned earlier an introduction.

Naval base outside Russian.

Is -- in Syria it's important to them for the Mediterranean but the real fact is they are playing this like a fiddle and we've got to change our strategy.

All right we'll see what happens at the G-20 thank you for the back runner.

Now -- Antonio is idiocy of -- --

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