But after all, Assad is the legitimate leader of Syria and he has to act like one.
Russia does not plan to create puppet-state. She needs reliable ally. Assad has to be self-reliant.
Putin has knowingly put Russians in great danger. He poked the Hornets nest. Jihadists in Syria were neutral to Russia before the intervention. Now they hate Russia to the bone and traveling through Ukraine and Turkey and Georgia they will do car bombs in Russia.
Russia killed thousands of jihadists, but they were very quickly replaced by new ones.
In America people can criticize the president without fear of retaliation. Even on this forum people are not allowed to criticize Putin or they get banned.
America has freedom of speech. Russia does not have freedom of speech.
I didn't pay too much attention before...just skipped over the posts. But the insistent and persistent screeching has got louder and louder.
It is bizarre the mods are basically letting him spam away, the same message over and over again in multiple threads, like a 9 year old with a mental defect.
Why be ally with someone who will stab you in the back?
Rebels mock Putin. They say they will kill Assad the way they killed Najibullah.
Putin lost Ukraine, and now Syria
short_fuze wrote:JohninMK wrote:Wonder how many Western aircraft could take that work rate?short_fuze wrote:JohninMK wrote:That's it, you spotted the real reason those planes were brought home. They are running out of star spaceMilitarov wrote:PapaDragon wrote:
200 sorties y'all !!!
Mine is bigger!
I expect at least one will be on its way back to the factory for deep analysis.
So 25 has done 330 missions (10 per star)? Strewth Bruce!
The parachute packers deserve a medal
Not to mention the guy with the star stencil, paintbrush and tin of red paint. H emust have been working overtime.
par far wrote:Syria always punched above thier weight, ...
par far wrote:The Iranian foreign minister to do the same thing as Russian ministers do in US vassal states of the EU, business, can you tell me why Russia is selling gas and oil to the EU? EU countries are vassals of the US.
par far wrote:I am going to assume you are Russian, ..., have you volunteered yet? ...
x_54_u43 wrote:ultron wrote:I knew it was all over when Putin announced ceasefire and stopped attacking rebels, including Nusra and IS. Putin lost Ukraine, and now Syria. It's a pity he had good chances to push forward and win at the end, but he chose to quit when he was ahead. I will never get Putin. He is not a rational man. Anyhow, the Syria chapter is over. May the best of luck for Russia in the future.
With Garry's civil responses this morning to most of the points he had made here and on the other thread over the past 24 hours, we are just going to have to adapt with him being around.KoTeMoRe wrote:x_54_u43 wrote:ultron wrote:I knew it was all over when Putin announced ceasefire and stopped attacking rebels, including Nusra and IS. Putin lost Ukraine, and now Syria. It's a pity he had good chances to push forward and win at the end, but he chose to quit when he was ahead. I will never get Putin. He is not a rational man. Anyhow, the Syria chapter is over. May the best of luck for Russia in the future.
Yeah, it's so much fishing for attention, I can't even DECIDE if he's really that affected or simply trolling.
Militarov wrote:ultron wrote:Lest we forget. Two servicemen were martyred in the Syria op. A pilot and a marine. RIP.
4 actually. Marine, pilot, one instructor died in mortar fire and one suicide.
ExBeobachter1987 wrote:Militarov wrote:ultron wrote:Lest we forget. Two servicemen were martyred in the Syria op. A pilot and a marine. RIP.
4 actually. Marine, pilot, one instructor died in mortar fire and one suicide.
Last guy does not count as "martyred".
GarryB wrote:
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I didn't pay too much attention before...just skipped over the posts. But the insistent and persistent screeching has got louder and louder.
It is bizarre the mods are basically letting him spam away, the same message over and over again in multiple threads, like a 9 year old with a mental defect.
There are no rules against being a whiney little bitch.
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Looks like the Mi-28N is there too.ult wrote:Ka-52 in Hmeymim.
My badult wrote:Guys, I've mentioned Mi-28N on the previous page.
From #Hmeymim airbase will withdraw all Su-25SM (12),all Su-34 (~. Planned will remain ~12 Su-24M,all Su-30SM/35S (~8)and all helicopters
calm wrote:From #Hmeymim airbase will withdraw all Su-25SM (12),all Su-34 /8. Planned will remain ~12 Su-24M,all Su-30SM/35S (~8)and all helicopters
https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/710124803097812992
There is also an An-124 loading up as well at the end.Ivan the Colorado wrote:Looks like the Mi-28N is there too.ult wrote:Ka-52 in Hmeymim.
And the Hibiny pods were removed from the Su-30SM