Archived material Access restricted Article
Rantburg

Today's Front Page   View All of Wed 03/04/2020 View Tue 03/03/2020 View Mon 03/02/2020 View Sun 03/01/2020 View Sat 02/29/2020 View Fri 02/28/2020 View Thu 02/27/2020
1
2020-03-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
The Idlib Turkey Shoot: Destruction and Capture of Vehicles and Equipment by Turkish and Rebel Forces
Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.
Posted by Herb McCoy 2020-03-04 00:39|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
 File under: Sublime Porte 

#1 I'm on the "Can't they both lose?" side in this.

I certainly don't want the Turks to win and get uppity but I don't want the Russkis to either.

A real quandry.
Posted by AlanC 2020-03-04 07:23||   2020-03-04 07:23|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ THIS. Putin can't be seen as getting pushed around. Time to up the resources
Posted by Frank G 2020-03-04 09:06||   2020-03-04 09:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Kick the Turkeys back across the Bosphorus and give Constantinople back to the Greeks.
Posted by AlanC 2020-03-04 10:51||   2020-03-04 10:51|| Front Page Top

#4 And for heaven’s sake, keep the USA out of it.
Posted by KBK 2020-03-04 15:59||   2020-03-04 15:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Putin can't win this if the Erdogan escalates. Turkey can bring much more force to bear in Syria than can Syria, Russia and Iran combined. Hell, the Russians main base is within MLRS range by the Turks and can be shut down/destroyed at any time.

In addition, while Turkey is within NATO, there is only a limited amount of force Russia can use against Turkey.
Posted by Zenobia Spawn of the Texans7934 2020-03-04 16:58||   2020-03-04 16:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe Trump can play Teddy Roosevelt and broker a peace between the neo-Tsar and the Japanese Emperor neo-Sultan
Posted by Lex 2020-03-04 17:36||   2020-03-04 17:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Herb, Herb, call on line 2.
Posted by Woodrow 2020-03-04 19:43||   2020-03-04 19:43|| Front Page Top

#8 If Turkey escalates and Russia/Syria responds and hits Turkish soil.... I say fuck 'em. NATO or not, you chose this fight. NATO is a defensive alliance and you were the aggressors.
Posted by DarthVader 2020-03-04 22:54||   2020-03-04 22:54|| Front Page Top

22:54 DarthVader
22:27 JohnQC
21:53 Don Vito Crereng5853
21:19 swksvolFF
21:19 Whiskey Mike
21:03 Mullah Richard
21:00 Mullah Richard
20:33 ruprecht
20:27 Frank G
19:56 Don Vito Crereng5853
19:43 Woodrow
19:41 Woodrow
18:47 The peanut gallery
18:23 Besoeker
18:08 lord garth
17:49 Skidmark
17:46 Lex
17:38 Lex
17:36 Lex
17:25 Skidmark
17:23 Skidmark
17:18 Thing From Snowy Mountain
17:13 M. Murcek
17:06 jpal









Paypal:
Google
Search WWW Search rantburg.com