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| Assadland, a Russian protectorate |
| 2015-09-22 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Only a few weeks ago, the al-Assad regime seemed in danger of losing the swath of land from Latakia to Damascus to the assaults of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Jabat al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... and others. Today, Russia has taken over and brought in heavy weapons. Not only can Bashir al-Assad breathe a sigh of relief, but the entire Syrian scene should now be revisited from three different angles. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Wid the ISIS/ISIL now setting up in Afghanistan = AFPAK, + poten to dominate the TTP + Other major Militia Groups, Putin's fear is for Russia being outflanked by the Hard Boyz in disparate Central Asia + Russian Far East, the latter of which Russia still has to contend wid LT Chinese designs for control of same. I may be wrong, but widin the scope of fighting + defeating the Islamist-Jiahdist threat IMO Putin = Russia is prob covertly happy as a lark = NOT TOO UPSET/ANGRY about US plans to deploy circa 20 ultra-modern NucBombs to GERMANY??? * PRAVDA > [CSTO Meeting] RUSSIA TO INCREASE ITS MILITARY PRESENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA. ARTIC = Russia's new goal is to push or extend its borders AFAP ala WW1, + espec WW2 + aftermath. AH YES, US-ALLOWED SSSHHH ...CCCCCC "SPHERE(S) OF INFLUENCE" FOR AMERIKA'S NEW RUSSIAN OWG CO-SUPERPOWER "PAR" SIBLING??? * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PRO-HEZBOLLAH DAILY [Al-Akbar] CLAIMS PARTY IN SYRIA PACT WID RUSSIANS, RUSSIA, IRAN, SYRIA + IRAQ FORM NEW "P4+1" ANTI-TERROR [anti-ISIS, AQ Al-Nusra, etal.]]ALLIANCE. ARTIC = RUSSIA is repor coordinating its Pro-Assad/Syria efforts wid HEZBOLLAH + KURDISH [Other?] FORCES. * SAME > [Twitter = paraph] IT HAS BECOME BUT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANTI-ASSAD REBEL/JIHADI FORCES TO MOVE AROUND IN SYRIA WIDOUT BEING CLOSELY MONITORED BY THE RUSSIANS. VERSUS * BIGNEWSNETWORK > [UPI] GEESE FLY IN FORMATION WID [French] PILOT AT CHINESE AIR SHOW. Darth Vlad's famous failure to impose his mighty Sith mind-control on Siberian Cranes may cause him to want or order these French Geese to be wiped out. ["STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES" = JAR-JAR BINKS + GUNGAN ARMY VS DARTH SIDIOUS + GALACTIC REPUBLIC'S DRONE ARMY here]. Its either that, or "KLINGON EMPEROR KALES + EMPIRE VERSUS THE THREAT-TO-THE-EMPIRE CUTE TRIBBLES". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-09-22 23:45 |
| #5 I'm thinking there's a fatal helicopter crash in Bashir -Al- Assad's future Another Hafizullah Amin you mean? Very likely when you dance with the bear. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-09-22 20:53 |
| #4 I'm thinking there's a fatal helicopter crash in Bashir -Al- Assad's future. Tidies up everything nice and neat. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-09-22 16:17 |
| #3 I'd often felt that when the Cold War ended the US and UN should have tried to get as many Russian peacekeepers out there into the world's hotspots because they were willing to do it, and needed a shot of pride at the time. Instead we let them flounder until Vlad showed up to give them their pride again. It was a bad call Ripley, it was a bad call. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-09-22 09:16 |
| #2 Let Putin help Assad to fight ISIS. It is better than Putin fighting in Europe and currently nobody in the West is seriously willing to get into the mess. Putin will end up putting his honor/reputation on the line to support Assad and it could very well eat away at that credibility as the war goes increasingly nasty. If he wins we all win, if he loses we at least see ISIS injured and held at bay in the process until the US gets a serious government again. Go Vlad go! (at least in this case) |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-09-22 09:15 |
| #1 I ask you, what would you do if you were Vlad. Double down? Yes or course, or lose it all, no more cards please. He must enjoy watching the second order effects of flooding Europe with hungry mooslims. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-09-22 07:47 |