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November 24, 2015

Benitez on Turkey’s Downing of Russian Warplane

By Jorge Benitez

The Daily Signal quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow and NATOSource Director Jorge Benitez on the potential international ramifications of Turkey downing a Russian warplane:

“The Assad regime is very vulnerable and weak, which is why Russia came to help,” said Jorge Benitez, an expert on NATO and defense policy at the Atlantic Council. “We need an anti-Assad and anti-ISIS strategy and to put forth resources to remove both of those threats from Syria.”

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