It’s reported that there is a sense in Washington and Moscow alike that a direct military showdown between the US and Russia is inevitable per DEBKAfile, an Israeli military intelligence website based in Jerusalem.
They report a step toward a direct showdown was taken by the United States when an American A-10 air strike of Sept. 17 against a Syrian military position at Jebel Tudar in the Deir ez-Zour region of eastern Syria killed scores of Syrian soldiers. And that it is no secret in Moscow, or indeed in any Middle East capital, that the air strike was intentional, not accidental, as originally claimed.
They go on to say that the Kremlin strongly hinted of the knowledge that the air strike happened since there were hold-outs in the US administration and/or military against the implementation in full of the US-Russian military cooperation deal in Syria agreed upon in concessions made to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov by Secretary Kerry.
That the concessions he made to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in those negotiations, especially his consent for extensive sharing of intelligence, were found totally unacceptable in the US Defense Department, its military and intelligence community.
Then the Russian-Syrian response came two days after the A-10 strike. On Sept. 19, an emergency aid convoy was obliterated on its way to the desperate population of Aleppo. Moscow and Damascus denied responsibility for the deadly bombardment, but no other air force was present in the sky over the embattled city.
Additionally, DEBKAfile stated that the United States is left with two options: either stand idly by in the face of the Russian-Syrian-Iranian onslaught on Aleppo, or shelve the coordination arrangements for US and Russian air operations in Syria, with the inevitable risk of a clash in the air space of Syria or over the eastern Mediterranean.
The risk of conflict is high with these aggressive descendants of Magog, the son of Noah’s son Japheth in Genesis 10, who occupy the land of Magog in what today is called Russia north of the Black and Caspian Seas. They will aggressively continue their campaign to pacify Syria and protect their objectives in the Middle East.