Russia knows that the USA can do nothing, Jack Keane

General Jack Keane, retired four-star general and former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army and Fox News Military Analyst, called into Kilmeade and Friends to talk about the Syrian refugee crisis and Russia’s growing influence in the Middle-East and Europe.

“Russia, their number one client in the Middle East is Syria, that is their foothold in the Middle East. They want to have influence there. They already have a port there and I think what they are doing now is putting in an air base there. They know for a fact that they are dealing with the Europeans, whose leaders are feckless and dealing with our White House for the last seven years, they know that we will talk to them, we will make public announcements against it and we will do nothing.

They know they can have their way. This is a power play to protect their ally in the Middle East so they can have a foothold in the Middle East and influence not just Syria but other affairs.”

Russia seems to be ignoring America and not asking our permission to intervene in the Middle-East. How does this happen?

“They didn’t ask for permission to go into Crimea. They didn’t ask for permission to go into Eastern Europe. They haven’t asked for permission to conduct two major exercises in the Baltics. They haven’t asked our permission to move into the Artic. They haven’t asked our permission about anything. They are just doing what they believe is in their self-interest and we exercise our rhetoric and do nothing to deter them from future action. The fact that we never deterred them in Crimea and Eastern Europe has shown weakness and they are taking advantage of it.”