Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker said that Obama is using the Air Force to boost Iran�s power in Iraq and to support its ally Bashar Assad in Syria.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) � US President Barack Obama is using the Air Force to boost Iran�s power in Iraq and to support its ally Bashar Assad in Syria, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker said in a statement.
�As Iran deepens its influence in capitals from Baghdad to Damascus to Beirut and Sanaa, the perspective of many in the region is that the United States is Assad�s air force in Syria and Iran�s air force in Iraq,� Corker said on Wednesday.
Corker comment came during a hearing at the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations he was chairing on the implications of the Obama administration�s nuclear agreement with Iran on US policy throughout the Middle East.
Iraqi leaders are increasingly turning to Iranian-backed militias in the fight against the Islamic State, Corker warned.
�I was in Iraq recently and it really did feel like� what we [the United States] were doing is helping create a better country for Iran in Iraq,� he said. �[I]t feels very much that way with their [Iran�s] infiltration into the parliament and their tremendous efforts on the ground.�
The Senator said he found US demands that the US-trained Syrian opposition �only use that potential against ISIS [ISIL] and not against Assad� somewhat alarming.�

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