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10-07-2015, 06:06 PM
Quote: (10-07-2015 05:45 PM)NovaVirtu Wrote:
This whole shitstorm is basically the end of US credibility in the middle east for the foreseeable future.
Agreed. Gulf War One (my war), and the subsequent years, was the proper way to handle Iraq. Gulf War Two was not. The only way to recover the situation for USA now, which cannot and will not happen, would be to go back into Iraq with a proper occupying force and clean house and hold it. Only after that could real diplomacy and stability be achieved. Iraq is the arch stone of the Middle East.
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10-07-2015, 06:49 PM
This is smart what Putin is doing. He will get Russia some leverage for the US-Saudi pipeline that will ultimately be built. The US wanted the long, lazy war where they could just let the various factions slug it out and mop things up at the end, but now they'll have to make a side deal with Russia to give them a share of the oil money. I wouldn't be surprised if Russia ultimately double crosses Assad once that deal is negotiated.
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10-08-2015, 01:25 AM
I find myself flirting with the idea that the US and Israeli's really did create and fund ISIS in some way (black ops)...
And now rather than have anyone come out and admit to it, better to just let the Russians decimate them while trying to claim some moral high ground about freedom fighters and civilians dying. Russia takes of the little mess we and out greatest ally (in my faggy Sean Hannity voice) setup, and we can just dummy up and pretend nothing happened.
Trump wins election, buddies up with Putin and all maybe we can go back to Fortress America.
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10-08-2015, 02:43 AM
Iraq considering to ask for Russia's military help is a major diplomatic victory for the Russians. When Iraq switches sides and falls into Russia's sphere of influence (and that is already beginning to happen), we'll have a Syria-Iraq-Iran axis in the Middle East that will act as a counterweight to Saudi Arabia and other US stooges in the region.
If I were Putin, I'd watch out for possible retaliatory terrorist attacks on Russian soil. I doubt that the Qataris and the Saudis are going to sit and silently watch what is happening.
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10-08-2015, 09:53 AM
This is great. Leave it to Putin to be the guy who actually does something about this situation. I'm in complete support of Russian action here.
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10-08-2015, 10:04 AM
Putin is damn smart and a true artist when it comes to making other "world leaders" looking like fools.
Putin might very well be opening the Pandoras Box when he shows the world about who ISIS really are.
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10-08-2015, 10:05 AM
I wonder what the members think about Saudi-Arabias future? They have been getting away with murder so to speak for a very long time, and should have been bombed to the middle-age according to US standards (for violation of human rights - the favorite excuse to bomb) Now they are stepping up their language (probably with support from US who at all cost will avoid a direct confrontation with Russia) entertaining the thought of backing rebel-groups attacked by Russia.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1fb51ca-6cd6-...z3nzMEAjwa
Do you think Russia could attack Saudi-Arabia directly under any circumstances?
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10-08-2015, 10:10 AM
I wonder if we go back to a Cold War 2 if that would be such a bad thing. It created tension but WW3 didn't start either. Kind of an off tangent comment I know. But if Russia can regain some of its influence in the world maybe that wouldn't be a bad thing. Any party that is left unchecked is bound to make bad decisions through hubris.
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10-08-2015, 10:14 AM
Quote: (10-08-2015 10:04 AM)Chaos Wrote:
Putin is damn smart and a true artist when it comes to making other "world leaders" looking like fools.
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10-08-2015, 01:30 PM
Now is the time for China to join the Russia/Iran/Syria axis militarily. That cements Assad's future and will leave Obama scrambling for a compromise which will not be conducted on his terms.
Has anyone heard any news coming out of China regarding Syria and getting involved?
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10-08-2015, 02:13 PM
This article nails it squarely on the head
http://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/rob-s...-so-cross/
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Just about the only truth that the West is telling in the current propaganda war is that Russia is not just targeting Isis. No they are not. They are also going after other groups like al-Nusra, which just happen to be stuffed with CIA trained jihadists. Our jihadists, in other words.