US airdrop in Syria a response to Russia: Analyst

The United States has airdropped nearly 50 tones of ammunition to its trained rebels in Syria in response to Russia’s involvement in fight against the Daesh militants in the Arab country, says political analyst Ralph Schoenman.

An anonymous official said Monday that US C-17 transport aircraft, accompanied by fighter escorts, dropped pallets of supplies overnight in Hassakeh province for those “moderate” militant groups whose leaders were "appropriately vetted by the United States and have been fighting to remove ISIL from northern Syria."

The move “is a response to the support of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin for the government of (Bashar al-)Assad and the bombing that has been waged by them against the Islamic militants (Daesh) who are nominally the target of these American efforts,” Schoenman told Press TV  on Tuesday.

“Nothing about the independence of the people is going to result from this, nothing about their national rights, nothing about their dignity, nothing about their survival; only bad things arise from this because the intent is malicious, evil and basically an imperial depredation that never stops,” the author of the Hidden History of Zionism added.

The surprise military aid by the US came as Russia’s military campaign against terrorists fighting the Syrian government entered its second week. Russia has carried out scores of airstrikes and naval attacks against Daesh (ISIL) and other terrorist groups in Syria since September 30, killing hundreds of them.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Schoenman said the US has waged “a permanent war against people, who seek to obtain for themselves the right to determine their own affairs, to control their own resources, to develop their own societies and to have a life that is independent of colonial domination.”

He said the American imperialism wants to create a chaos in the Middle East “that will prevent any coherent defense of the national interests of subject people in the region.”

Schoenman further noted that destruction of the social fabric of these countries and devastation of their economies through brutal force are the underlying objectives behind such measures.