The U.S. military is still confronting Russian pilots over Syria

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "Both Russia and Iran have learned from U.S. withdrawals from Iraq in 2011 and Afghanistan in 2021 that the U.S. will withdraw forces from low levels of gradual military pressure over time."
45% :Since its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been working with Syria and Iran to drive U.S. forces out of Syria, said Brian Carter, the Salafi-Jihadi Movement Team Lead and an analyst for the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute think tank in Washington, D.C.
33% : The Russian air force's continuing harassment of U.S. forces in Syria is part of that plan, Carter told Task & Purpose."Russia and Iran may calculate that the risk of confrontation is low because of US domestic politics and its aversion to additional conflict in the Middle East," Carter said.

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