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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| Russian officials: We will attack launch sites of missiles sent against Syria |
| 2018-04-11 |
| [Columbus Dispatch] Russia’s ambassador to Lebanon went even further, saying any missiles fired at Syria would be shot down and the launching sites targeted ‐ a stark warning of a potential major confrontation in Syria. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened military action after last weekend’s suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town near Damascus, which activists and rescuers say killed at least 40 people. The Syrian government and its ally Russia deny that such an attack happened. Asked about Moscow’s reaction to a possible U.S. strike on Syria, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia still hopes that all parties in the conflict will refrain from taking "steps that could gravely destabilize the fragile situation in the region." State news agency RIA Novosti on Wednesday quoted Andrei Krasov, deputy chairman of the State Duma’s defense committee, as saying that Russia will treat a U.S. airstrike on Syria "not just as an act of aggression but a war crime of the Western coalition." Vladimir Shamanov, a retired general who heads the defense affairs committee in the lower house of parliament, said in televised remarks Tuesday that a U.S. strike in Syria could hurt Russian servicemen and trigger retaliation. Related: Newsweek - RUSSIA WILL BOMB U.S. MISSILE LAUNCH SITES IF TRUMP ATTACKS SYRIA, AMBASSADOR WARNS |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 Summing up, the 'news' is jihadi-sourced and why would Assad snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? He's not a Republican! The Ambo also notes the media is just repeating the hysteria, not investigating the sources, thus playing right into the hands of ISIS. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-04-11 19:13 |
| #10 Hmmmm...."Attack Was STAGED By Islamic Jihadi Propagandists, No One Actually Died": |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2018-04-11 17:14 |
| #9 Taking out Iranian oil production would help everyone. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2018-04-11 15:01 |
| #8 Launch them from Turkey. That'll be fun. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2018-04-11 14:43 |
| #7 Ports are fungible. Making the MidEast unstable enough that it's oil doesn't compete with the Russian or US production would fit well with a Putin master strategy. Bases and footprint are not strategy they are assets that may or may not be strategic for a period of time. Money and dragon horde materials are always a purpose for strategy in the first place. That, also, explains Russian sourced funding of environmental and anti-oil/coal extraction movements in the US and the rest of the west. Pointedly they increase the value of oil on the market and the share of it held by the Russian entity. The value of the Russian dragon hordes. Just my POV. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-04-11 12:56 |
| #6 #5 3dc: So is it bluster or does he have some real strategic reason he has to be where he is in Syria? So strategic that nothing else matters? Securing warm water ports in the Med? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2018-04-11 11:43 |
| #5 Not that I am actually advocating something here, just trying to parse where Putin is trying to go. Maybe if we really really want a message to Syria it requires a simultaneous decapitation strike on Russia? That seems to be Putin's stance. So is it bluster or does he have some real strategic reason he has to be where he is in Syria? So strategic that nothing else matters? That would be more interesting to take out than Syria's air force? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-04-11 11:38 |
| #4 Of course another Putin ally is North Korea. If you take on Puttie with this attitude you would need to exterminate his allies too.. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-04-11 11:08 |
| #3 So the little dictator is going to attack Diego Garcia, boomer subs, Whiteman AFB in Missouri (A US state pootie in the center of the nation). So what the fucker is threatening is total nuclear war if he doesn't get his way. One proper response to such a threat is on time total war. He's clearly gone around the bend. Another response would be for Israel and Saudi to take out his ally The Islamic Republic of Iran at the same time as the attack. Like where does Puttie want to go with this? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-04-11 11:06 |
| #2 The ruble seems to be collapsing- why, and how might that affect Russian actions in Syria? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2018-04-11 10:09 |
| #1 Good luck hitting Stealth aircraft and the submarines that we normally use for launching cruise missiles. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-04-11 09:57 |