Obama�s promise not to send any boots on the ground goes against the actions that the US government wants to take. Scott Bennett - former US Army officer and counterterrorism analyst spoke in an exclusive interview with Sputnik regarding this manifestation.

�If the US sends its troops on�the ground then that is a declaration of�war, bypassing around�the US Congress which means it�s unconstitutional and it is a violation for�which he should be impeached and Ashton Carter should be arrested and prosecuted, because the United States is not to�send its military men and women into�combat without�declaring war, and the reason for�that is that wars are supposed to�be very dangerous and deadly and it is a last resort of�any political diplomacy,� Bennett told Sputnik in�an interview.

He further said, �The US is sending its troops simply to�check Russian movements and I think that will not be allowed because Russians will own the battle space and control the territory that the US Special Forces are allowed into.�

�That is going to�result in�some deaths. Some American soldiers will be sacrificed by�going into�the wrong places and probably intentionally killed in�order to�inflate the conflict with�Russia and justify all sorts of�other political actions.�

�Make no mistake, the US position is not going to�change. It will still try to�remove Assad and turn Syria into�another Libya,� Bennett stressed.
He went on�to say that Russia, following�the downing of�Su-24 bomber by�Turkish President Erdogan, has all the �moral authority� to�step in�with overwhelming technology, man power, missiles and ships to�control the situation in�the country.

�All of�Europe looks at�Russia with�a nodding sympathy.� The US sees that and that�s why it is trying to, �quickly say that we are a big kid on�the block also and we were here first and we are not going to�distance ourselves from�our land. The US will try and take ownership of�a lot of�oil fields and refineries,� the analyst explained.
Bennett further said that according to�him the next step will be a coup d'�tat against�President Erdogan. �I think his military forces will rise up, remove him and his son and then the Turkish regime will be stable and Russia will have new relationship with�Turkey and at�that point Turkey will have peace with�Assad and Europe will be very thankful because Erdogan has been facilitating this mass refugee invasion and trying to�extort Europe for�that.�According to�the analyst, �Everything is in�Russia�s favor and against�the US. That�s why the US� is rushing in�its last effort to�keep control over�its crumbling position, but�I don�t think it�s going to�end well because the moment US forces start getting killed that�s when the entire US Congress and the people will rise up�and say we shouldn�t be there in�the first place.�

Talking about�Russia�s presence in�Syria, Bennett said that Russia is there to�fight Daesh (ISIL), because if the terrorists go out�of control they can seep into�the Russian territory.
�President Putin is not going to�allow that to�happen and he is wisely allying himself with�Iran, China and the European nations and the majority of�the world is with�Russia and on�Putin�s side. The majority of�Europe is on�his side because the US abandoned its post from�defending Europe and letting all these refugees in,� Bennett said.



The US on�the other hand didn�t combat ISIL for�over a year. �We were playing with�them, we were funding them and we were dropping supplies with�C-130�s to�them, so we can�t just step in�now and say that we are going to�target them. They are a CIA mercenary Mossed force.�The analyst also said that this entire campaign of�the United States since�2001 has been one long permanent military footprint.

�We have foolishly gone into�the Middle East to�try and control it without�any psychological, informational campaign to�cultivate the mindset behavior that would be receptive to�US presences. We just sort of�just stuck our flag into�the ground and not made any friends there, not assimilated into�a cultural affinity and that is what has led us to�be in�conflict with�these people,� Bennett stressed.

By Sputnik