There is no doubt in my mind that this was a deliberate act by the US. Michael Morell, the former deputy CIA director (comes from an analyst background, BTW) in a recent interview with Charlies Rose on the Charlie Rose Show stated that it should be a US Policy to kill some Russians in Syria – “to make them pay a price” for their support of Assad…
Deciding to bomb the Syrian Army in the surrounded by ISIS Syrian city of Deir Azzour would be an easier sell to the American President – no Russians are getting hurt, it frees up the Eastern part of Syria for occupation by ISIS and when ISIS is expelled, by elements supported by the KSA, Turkey and Qatar coalition. It would mean a massacre for anyone still in the city, but in the eyes of this administration that is a price worthy of achieving its objectives…
The only reason the Syrian army was able to recapture its position and repel the ISIS attack was because the Russian air force flew 10 bombing missions immediately after the bombing of the Syrian Army by the US air force and bombed ISIS so they retreated…
There it is in black and white: The US bombs the Syrian Army, ISIS advances immediately after that, Russia bombs ISIS, ISIS retreats…
Score: 62 (some say 83) Syrian soldiers dead, 100 wounded, 20 ISIS terrorists dead (thanks to Russia)…
The US once again showed the world that in foreign policy it cannot be trusted…
WtR