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2006-06-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve 2006-06-02 08:40|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Didnt they have bases there back in the 70s?

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-06-02 09:18|| 2006-06-02 09:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Hands off Latakia, that's property of the Kurd Republic.

Posted by 6 2006-06-02 10:10|| 2006-06-02 10:10|| Front Page Top

#3 The Russians have a very deep death wish.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-06-02 10:21|| 2006-06-02 10:21|| Front Page Top

#4 But...but...the Cold War is over. The Russians are our friends!

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-06-02 10:36|| 2006-06-02 10:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Latakia was their base, I thought. At least, when I played "Harpoon" I always saved a nuke for Latakia.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2006-06-02 10:45|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2006-06-02 10:45|| Front Page Top

#6 We are not going to destro Syria before they build that base, and that will make it difficult to do anything about Syria in the WOT.

Posted by Mike N. 2006-06-02 10:46|| 2006-06-02 10:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Latakia is OBL's mother's home, as well as his first wife's. I read he used to spend summers there as a youth, riding horses and hanging out on a lake in the region. His father was once a dockworker in Yemen, too. It's a good strategic move for Russia. Let's hope Putin continues to see the WoT as a threat to everyone's prosperity and not give in to greed and corruption by dealing with the Islamic devils. Russia could be an ally in a difficult region, but their destiny is at a crossroads again.

Posted by Danielle 2006-06-02 10:52|| 2006-06-02 10:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Russia still want to cozy up to every reprobate in the world? Good to see things havent changed that much in the last 15 years.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-06-02 10:53|| 2006-06-02 10:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Doesn't OBL's summers sound like John Kerrys?

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2006-06-02 11:06|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2006-06-02 11:06|| Front Page Top

#10 Additional information here:
Russia May Relocate Black Sea Fleet to Syrian Port
Russia has started dredging at a Syrian port where it maintains a logistical supply point with a possible eye to turning it into a full-fledged naval base, a respected Russian business daily said Friday, according to the Russian Journal. Tartus, the second most important Syrian port on the Mediterranean, could be transformed into a base for Black Sea Fleet warships when they are redeployed from the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol, Kommersant daily said, quoting sources in Russias diplomatic service and the Defense Ministry.

Moscow plans to deploy an S-300PMU-2 Favorit air-defense system to protect the base, the paper said, adding that the system will be operated by Russian servicemen and not be handed over to Syria. At the same time, sources close to the matter said Moscow and Damascus had reached an agreement to modernize Syrias antiaircraft system using medium-range S-125 missile complexes that were deployed in the 1980s.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2006-06-02 11:56|| 2006-06-02 11:56|| Front Page Top

#11 First of all, Putin's kidding himself. Nobody fears Russia's military. It's Navy is more pathetic than its arny, which barely controls its own territory in the Caucuses. Putin himself has loudly lamented the country's demographic problem, which undermines any attempt at military build-up.

Second, Russian ships operating out of Syria taking part in NATO exercises? What a joke. More like shadowing NATO exercises.

Posted by DoDo 2006-06-02 12:04|| 2006-06-02 12:04|| Front Page Top

#12 Putin's in denial. He bought into the Phrench way of world affairs, try to be a player by interfering with everyone else.

Posted by wxjames 2006-06-02 15:29|| 2006-06-02 15:29|| Front Page Top

#13 Let's hope Putin continues to see the WoT as a threat to everyone's prosperity and not give in to greed and corruption by dealing with the Islamic devils.

You've got to be kidding. ~~Ras~~Putin has done jacksh!t for the WoT save bushel-loads of lip service and not much else. Think Iran and then repeat the above quote with a straight face.

Posted by Zenster 2006-06-02 15:59|| 2006-06-02 15:59|| Front Page Top

#14 We could make some money towing their fleet to Syria for them.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-02 16:39|| 2006-06-02 16:39|| Front Page Top

#15 We could make some money towing their fleet to Syria for them.

Considering how many of their vessels are resting their keels on the harbor bottom, I'd say we should start with a nice order of gas powered bilge pumps first.

Posted by Zenster 2006-06-02 18:24|| 2006-06-02 18:24|| Front Page Top

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