Putin: US Using Terrorists as ‘Battering Ram to Overthrow Disliked Regimes’
“Why play with words dividing terrorists into moderate and not moderate. What’s the difference?”
Mikael Thalen
Prison Planet.com
October 22, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of using terrorist groups to overthrow Middle Eastern governments during a speech in Sochi Thursday at the Valdai International Discussion Club.
During the 12th annual meeting, entitled “Societies Between War and Peace: Overcoming the Logic of Conflict in Tomorrow’s World,” Putin spoke to numerous international issues including the ongoing war in Syria and the West’s questionable practices in the fight against Bashar al-Assad.
“Success in fighting terrorists cannot be reached if using some of them as a battering ram to overthrow disliked regimes,” Putin said. “It’s just an illusion that they can be dealt with [later], removed from power and somehow negotiated with.”
Putin also took aim at so-called US-backed “moderate rebels,” who admittedly support and fight alongside terrorist organizations such as ISIL and the al-Nusra Front.
“Why play with words dividing terrorists into moderate and not moderate,” the Russian president added. “What’s the difference?”
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