June 16th, Russian warplanes bombed a US military base in Syria, secretly. According to foxnews.com, it was an attack on a CIA-linked site performed because Russia was attempting to pressure the White House into cooperating in Syrian skies….and it worked.

The strike resulted in the deaths of some of the forces and the relations between Russia, CIA, and Pentagon has become quite strained. However, the White House and State decided to compromise anyway.

The attack on a US base.

When the attack occurred, the US and British forces were in a buffer zone in Jordan where they were protecting the citizens there from Islamic State.

A day before the strike, two dozen British forces pulled out of the base and the US tracked a Russian plane in coming. The warplane dropped a cluster bomb on the base.

After that strike, the Qatar US central command center called Russia’s air campaign in Latakia, Syria saying the base should not be attacked. Yet, 90 minutes later, Russia struck again and ignored the US calls. Four rebels were killed in the strikes.

Making excuses.

Russia first told the Pentagon that they thought it was an Islamic State facility which the US wasn’t buying. The base was fortified differently. According to the Russians, the Jordanians gave them permission to attack the base but the US said no such authorization existed.

Soon after, Russia explained to the US that they weren’t going to call off the strike because the US did not give them the right coordinates of the base. To this, US officials countered that the Pentagon never gave them those coordinates because they didn’t need to know them anyway. It was away from front lines and Russia didn’t need to be there.

An agreement.

Last week, an agreement was met between the US and Russia. They will target airstrikes in Nursa Front, associated with the Al Qaeda. They went ahead and made this agreement against the better judgment of the Pentagon and CIA who found it to be a bad idea.

A disagreement in the US.

The reason why the White House and State Department found it a good idea to reach this agreement was that deal backers in these places found it to be protection for allies in Syria.

On the other hand, the Pentagon and CIA find that the US basically bent over backwards for Moscow in the deal and the US should confront Russia.