When US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said that he expects Russia will soon suffer casualties, his phrase sparked the question whether the Pentagon has a Soviet-Afghanistan redux in mind for Syria, Germany-based political scientist and analyst Phil Butler remarks.
The
real life "war on ISIL" conducted by the US is completely different
from what Washington's tame media sources are telling the public:
in fact it is a part of a US strategy of widespread regime change
across much of the world, Germany-based American political scientist and
analyst Phil Butler notes.
