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2015-09-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Is Russia fighting for the last of Assad's Syria?

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Posted by Fred 2015-09-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Suppose they get 10 - 15K troops there with air support = East Moscow?

Posted by Raj 2015-09-16 00:34|| 2015-09-16 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 No. They are fighting for the highlands and the coastline, the rest is lost.

Posted by jvalentour 2015-09-16 00:54|| 2015-09-16 00:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Russian supported Allawitistan on the coast. Iranian supported Hezbollahstan in the south. Sounds like a plan.

Posted by phil_b 2015-09-16 06:27|| 2015-09-16 06:27|| Front Page Top

#4 They're fighting for ~~protecting Christian shrines in the Holy Land~~ warm water ports.

*Updated for the 21st Century.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-09-16 07:54|| 2015-09-16 07:54|| Front Page Top

#5 The Russians are fighting for prestige (supporting their client) and an actual port in the Med (not just an anchor roadstead off Cyprus). That and it's time for the snow to begin in Donets (so let's cool that off)(joke).

Posted by ed in texas 2015-09-16 07:58|| 2015-09-16 07:58|| Front Page Top

#6 They're fighting to keep the Tranzis from taking over Damascus.

Oh, wait...

Posted by Pappy 2015-09-16 11:26|| 2015-09-16 11:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Tranzi Muzy best friends

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-09-16 12:47|| 2015-09-16 12:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Putin and Assad seem to be killing far more of ISIS than the west, so they get my support.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-09-16 17:10|| 2015-09-16 17:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Winter didn't stop the fighting in 2014-2015. Unlikely to be a key factor in the truce now.

Posted by badanov 2015-09-16 18:45|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2015-09-16 18:45|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ Not with Climate Change™!! They'll be fighting in their skivvies, or so I'm told

Posted by Frank G 2015-09-16 21:01|| 2015-09-16 21:01|| Front Page Top

#11 Presuming that MSM-Net Artics are correct + that Assadian Syria is "emptying" due to its people fleeing into the EU, WHAT ME MUSLIM COUNTRY OR ETHNIC GROUP(S) IS GOING TO TAKE THEIR PLACE ONCE BABY ASSAD IS GONE???

I doubt it'll be US Ally ISRAEL as the latter + IDF must military go through Obama/US BFF Co-Superpower Iran's Sphere of Influence in Lebanon [includ Hezbollah], Syria, + now even Gaza-WB, ALL WHILE NOT RISKING THE IRE + THREAT OF MILITARY RESPONSE FROM IRAN + KSA-LED ARAB LEAGUE = MUSLIM WORLD.

That leaves Co-Superpower Wannabe, Neo-Ottoman TURKEY, andor the CHECHENS???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-09-16 22:18|| 2015-09-16 22:18|| Front Page Top

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