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2015-11-16 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

A Grand Bargain With Putin Against ISIS ?

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-11-16 09:41|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 If you were Putin, would you trust these people?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-11-16 11:11|| 2015-11-16 11:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Let Putin try to occupy Syria for a couple of years. Let the locals bleed him for a while. See how long he lasts.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-11-16 12:58|| 2015-11-16 12:58|| Front Page Top

#3 @#2: Putin remembers Afghanistan. If it all, it would be a short occupation conducted with "extreme prejudice," I'll wager.

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2015-11-16 14:02|| 2015-11-16 14:02|| Front Page Top

#4 In return the West acknowledges what has been an open secret for several decades--that Syria is Russia's sphere of influence in the Arab world.
They used to just call them a client state. I don't know how much of a secret it was, open or not. Only morons like Chomsky denied it.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-11-16 15:29|| 2015-11-16 15:29|| Front Page Top

#5 "pro-Russian regime that at least stops killing its own people" ALL the regimes in that area kill large numbers of the own people, except for Israel, and maybe Jordan. It started when Cain killed Abel, I doubt it will end any time soon. Enough with the nation building. Countries outside that area really don't want to do that anyway. However those same countries really don't want to have the killings and killers exported to THEM. That idea isn't very pretty, either.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-11-16 15:34|| 2015-11-16 15:34|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't think Putin trusts obama.

surprise

Posted by newc 2015-11-16 15:56|| 2015-11-16 15:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Trusts Bambi to backstab, lie, and pee his pants when Pootie says "Boo!"

Posted by Barbara 2015-11-16 16:28|| 2015-11-16 16:28|| Front Page Top

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