Carter assured that the US legislators in Washington are ready to support the Syrian opposition, which is fighting against the ISIL militants, and stressed that the United States is not planning to change its course.
"We won't hold back from supporting capable partners in opportunistic attacks against ISIL, or conducting such missions directly whether by strikes from the air or direct action on the ground," Carter said.
According to political expert Nikolai Dimlevich, there is a certain game lying behind these statements. The US has lost strategic advantage in the sky and wants to gain it on the ground.
"The situation characterized by the loss of a strategic initiative [after the start of Russia’s successful military operation in Syria] obliges the United States to declare some of their plans," Dimlevich told Radio Sputnik.
“It is important for them not to lose face. From this perspective, Americans are counting not only on the training and arming of Kurdish groups, but also on the involvement of the so-called "opposition" to seize the strategic initiative on the ground in Syria," the analyst explained, adding that such a military involvement of the US would be illegitimate and violate international law.
