US airstrike kills Russians in Syria
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Sad. Private Military Companies are actually illegal in Russia, but since their existence supports Vladimir Vladimirovich's policy objectives, authorities turn a blind eye. Truth be told, I would not be surprised if the money comes (via a circuitous route) from Russian government coffers.
good thing we have a competent state department to help smooth over things like this
from reading the article, it sounds like these were russian nationals fighting under al-assad's command. that sort of goes in the play stupid games category imho.
I had understood that we were attacking ISIS fighters there. No information to say what priority of a target exist there. Needless to say it is an incredibly muddled mess with Turkey now engaged on the border against the Kurds on top of the Russians, Assad forces, Syrian rebels and the US military.
Ralph Peters' take.
Putin had to approve Russian attack on US troops
For the record, I've met Ralph Peters and Ralph Peters is the president of the Ralph Peter's Fan Club.
This has the potential to cause a bad sequence of events.
(Obviously the bad sequence of events is not that Ralph Peters is the president of the Ralph Peters Fan Club, but Americans killing Russians in Syria and Russians trying to kill Americans in Syria)
Putin had to approve Russian attack on US troops
For the record, I've met Ralph Peters and Ralph Peters is the president of the Ralph Peter's Fan Club.
This has the potential to cause a bad sequence of events.
(Obviously the bad sequence of events is not that Ralph Peters is the president of the Ralph Peters Fan Club, but Americans killing Russians in Syria and Russians trying to kill Americans in Syria)
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I'm still wondering why we are there. Oh yeah, a big fat pipeline runs from northern Iraq through Syria, into Turkey.
Guess you shouldn't bring AK's to an artillery fight. Sounds like an AC-130 messed them up pretty good.
... as AC-130s have a habit of doing. Their motto is, "Don't run. You'll only die tired."
The Russian media angle now is that Putin is going to accept the German offer of a UN peacekeeping mission in Donbass, and these Russian mercs in Syria were Donbass refuseniks, so the Kremlin sent them into an ambush and let the Americans do the dirty work of ridding the world of them. Ivan loves him a conspiracy theory.
He prefers individual, high doses of radiative poison. It's his true medium.You think Putin isn't capable of it?
Not when you need to get rid of a bunch at once...He prefers individual, high doses of radiative poison. It's his true medium.
Here's the thing. Private Military Companies are illegal in Russia, but I bet Putin knows who was in that column that got whacked. So, it is possible that Putin actually wanted these guys dead.You think Putin isn't capable of it?
More likely, they were just probing the perimeter (in a deniable manner) and hoping to get oil revenues if it worked.
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