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2015-10-02 Iraq

Russia not planning airstrikes in Iraq, says Lavrov

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Posted by Fred 2015-10-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Read, FOR NOW.

IMO Vlad/VladVedev = Russia wants to see how its SSSHHH ... CCCC OWG CO-SUPERPOWER SIBLING IRAN'S ground forces + proxies does on their own wid Russian air cover = CAS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-10-02 23:10|| 2015-10-02 23:10|| Front Page Top

#2 RUSSIA = CHINA + even IRAN = "RUSTY" = Unlike the older generation of Russian Soldats, Russia's contemporary Armed Forces are mostly or increasingly Newbies/FNGS wid little military andor experience in prolonged or protractive combat this far away from Russia's borders, e.g East Ukraine-Crimea + Chechnya.

To save the "dying/collapsing" Assad Regime + defeat the seemingly "victorious" ISIS/ISL + Al-Nusra in Syria [Iraq?], RUSSIA + ALIGNED MUST NOW HIT 'EM HARD + OFTEN, WID FULL CONVENTIONAL FORCES POWER ASAP AMAP ALAP + NO LONGER IN US = OBAMA-STYLE LIMITED OR HIGHLY "SELECTIVE/RANDOM" STRIKES, I.E. DRONE OPS.

ACROSS-THE-BOARD HIGH-INTENSITY BRUTE FORCE, which Mama Russia is historically well-known OR notorious for, NOT LIMITED OR SELECTIVE/RANDOM, LOW-INTENSITY FORCE.

Iff OWG Co-Superpower Russia is going to deter -n-protect its post-Cold War, post-9-11 "Sphere(s) of Influence", ITS CURRENT MILITARY MUST BE ABLE TO PROJECT ITSELF + FIGHT LONG-DISTANCE MAOR ANDOR MINOR WARS.

DITTO CHINA, DITTO IRAN, OTHER.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-10-02 23:28|| 2015-10-02 23:28|| Front Page Top

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