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eehnie wrote:...................
Russia knows perfectly who is doing what. If the US attacks the Syrian Armed Forces, the retaliation will go to the US paramilitary forces. Not to the Kurds.
eehnie wrote:ATLASCUB wrote:eehnie doing damage control for the Kurd's advance....
"Evil U.S is making them do it...swear" "It's all a big intoxication racket by the U.S"
No my friend. It has always been about one thing and one thing only, Kurdistan. Grabbing land (with oil fields for income for a future "economy)" is a pre-requesite. The U.S provides the umbrella for protection they need. The U.S in return gets a new base of operations in the M.E and weakens both Syria/Iraq...while strategically positioning itself to wreck havoc and destebilize both Turkey(if need be) and Iran. Israel will cheer along and help in this endevour, as will the monarchies with vested interests in seeing Iran weakened to avoid getting swallowed by the Shia crescent and all that it accompanies. Textbook great game chess plays.
Russia's position continues to be muddy on this issue, and particularly weak. Unless the Russians are in on the racket as well, ultimately agreeing with the U.S on many fronts - mainly that curtailing Iran's geopolitical control (and its growth) is beneficial for itself, as well as gaining a dagger with which to poke and stab Turkey (long time foe). That Syria and Iraq get to be sacrificial lambs is, well,collateral damage. Could the Russian elite rationalize something like this? Absolutely, despite what we, ourselves, might want to project as the Russian position, i.e the noble one buried in some strategic 6D Chess.
At this point in the game, both Syria/Iraq have little in say to change the game (as weak and dependent as they're now). The Kurd issue is ultimately an Iranian/Turkish/Iraqui/Syrian problem. Never trust Russia/China/U.S to fix it for ya. The big powers will play their little geopolitical games and will feast on the division, ineptness and lack of decisive action as a united front on this issue - aka you'll get fucked over - it's after all, not their land they're playing with, but a foreign playground.
Lol, the Turkish SeigSoloyvov here
Russia knows perfectly who is doing what. If the US attacks the Syrian Armed Forces, the retaliation will go to the US paramilitary forces. Not to the Kurds.
Good way to disable a tank tho'calm wrote:500 or 1500kg bomb?
Site unknown as yetpar far wrote:Do we know if the SAA and Allies have crossed the river?
calm wrote:
KomissarBojanchev wrote:What happened to uqayribat? Is it still under ISIS control? I thought that once it was taken, ISIS wouldn't have tactical positioning to do more counterattacks there.
calm wrote:KomissarBojanchev wrote:What happened to uqayribat? Is it still under ISIS control? I thought that once it was taken, ISIS wouldn't have tactical positioning to do more counterattacks there.
SAA is capturing 1/2 villages every day.
@JohninMK all about Russia post in second thread.
Sorry, that slipped through.calm wrote:
@JohninMK all about Russia post in second thread.
KiloGolf wrote:
IS just magically collapsed, opened the doors and let SDF in. No firefights, no ATGM launches and no videos of clashes.
All that in less than 2 days
How stupid do both of these non-state actors think we are?
Revealed: The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2 Billion on Soviet-Style Arms for Syrian Rebels (personal edit: currently/future wise...mostly the Kurds)
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