U.S. President Barack Obama extends his hand to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York September 28, 2015.
The U.S. has no immediate plans for military cooperation with Russia in a campaign against the Islamic State in Syria after an ISIS affiliate claimed responsibility for a Russian airliner crash in the Sinai, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
"We have obviously seen what’s happened with the crash" of the Airbus, Peter Cook, the Pentagon’s press secretary, said during a press conference. "But at this point we don’t see an opportunity to coordinate and collaborate with the Russians in the ISIL fight," he added, referring to another term for ISIS.
Cook didn’t completely rule out the possibility of working with the Russians.
WNU Editor: For the moment I do not see this level of cooperation happening .... especially since the official U.S. line is that the Russians are making the situation worse in Syria. Tomorrow .... who knows .... everything is fluid in the Middle East right now, where foes could quickly become allies overnight.