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2019-09-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russia Downs Israeli Drone Attempting To Attack In Syria - Russian Media
[Jpost] Russian fighter planes destroyed in Israeli drone on its way to attack Syria on Thursday night, Russian aviation website Avia.pro reports.

If the report is indeed true, this would be the fourth time that Russian forces blocked an alleged Israeli attack in Syria.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-09-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11147 views ]  Top

#1 One day we'll shoot down a dozen of their planes in under 5 minutes and they'll be terribly offended
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-21 07:24||   2019-09-21 07:24|| Front Page Top

#2 One day we'll shoot down a dozen of their planes in under 5 minutes and they'll be terribly offended

The question is whether Assad can survive without Russian air cover. Is Assad preferable to al Qaeda/ISIS? Because the non-extremist Sunni Arabs in Syria could probably all fit in a phone booth*. Decisions, decisions ...

* What's a phone booth? Young people want to know.
Posted by Zhang Fei 2019-09-21 08:10||   2019-09-21 08:10|| Front Page Top

#3 All true Fei, all true, but: A big dog coming into a little dog's yard has to remember whose yard it is - especially if the little dog is actually a wolverine.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-21 11:03||   2019-09-21 11:03|| Front Page Top

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