Syrian Situation

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torturo wrote:

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diablofdb wrote:

I was reading some articles earlier, there are claim there were russians soldiers on the bases that were bombed yesterday. Can someone else confirm?

Well, the whole situation is kinda weird.
There are russians, and they were warned by the US military in advance. But russians are allies with Asad. So he got warned as well. They rellocated all the ground troops and strategic equipment in advance. Of course, americans also knew the attacked would get warned.

Further, less than a half of the tomahawks were confirmed to hit their targets. What happened to the rest hell knows. All the ground structures under attack were meaningless. For ex. a couple of (probably empty) buildings were hit, while the adjacent military infrastructure like the syrian aircraft runaway with all the planes left untouched.

From a military POV this strke makes no sense, so it was obviously politically motivated. The quesion is, was it about internal or external use, and depending on the answer we can track down the eventual future consequences.

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sarahaustin wrote:

Great win for Assad as no more US planes over Syria.

Unlikely. Russians broke the treaty, but that doesn't mean they are gonna chase and attack US planes. Syrians can do shit. Americans will still fly, but will experience more difficulties getting tracked more actively by the russian ground and air AA forces. Also, russians said they are gonna provide additional AA missile systems to Assad. It also means there will be provocations from both sides. Which will also affect the political relations, and they aren't in a good shape even at the moment.

I know you dislike Trump, but mind that it's not his personal war, nor he started it. The name of the president doesn't matter, as America has a consistent foreign policy. Actually it's not him who takes the decisions, but his administration, the intelligence services and agencies, and the senate.

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torturo wrote:

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sarahaustin wrote:

Damn US and EU, can they stop meddling with innocent peoples lifes?

Exclude EU it's just a subject with no influence in geopolitics. It's your government who started the arab springs and blew up the region.

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torturo wrote:

Well, "your" as a general statement, in terms of "by nationality/citizenship". I thought you are an american, if not wrong. If wrong, excuse me.

Of course you have a country and national/ethnic identity, it can't be other way.

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faerwin wrote:

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sarahaustin wrote:

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torturo wrote:

Well, "your" as a general statement, in terms of "by nationality/citizenship". I thought you are an american, if not wrong. If wrong, excuse me.

Of course you have a country and national/ethnic identity, it can't be other way.

I live in germany but i dont belong to any government.

You do wether you like it or not