Paphitis wrote:Get Real! wrote:What we are witnessing is a much needed historic change of the ME.
The Russian bases are here for keeps… make no mistake about it and there’s nothing the West can do about it as the US will NEVER confront Russia militarily unless their own territory was under threat.
No doubt behind the scenes a face saving US exit door is being constructed and agreed upon with Russia as we speak.
For Cyprus, this will in time prove to be the breakthrough we have been waiting for in our struggle for justice against Turkey.
You have your hand on it once again I'm afraid. But again, what else is new?
it's very much business as usual for the Coalition as our air operations continue 24/7 even though Putin's actions are strengthening DAESH and made the task more difficult.
I dont think so. Putin is targeting Daesh and the rebels. Basically anyone in opposition to Assad. If the US is in fact targeting Daesh too then Russia is helping.
To remove the coalition of 60 countries, 12 of which have air assets flying in Syria and Iraq is easier said than done. So you can dream on!
Putin on the other hand has a lot more to fear. It should fear a war with the USA and the coalition whereas we have not a great deal to fear. We have a number of options available to us and I will tell you what they are one by one:
1) we control the airspace and there is no doubt about that. We all know who the victor will be if Putin gets carried away. So we could send a message by declaring a "NO FLY ZONE" If Obama does that, then Putin will be too afraid to conduct a scenic flight in Syria because we would engage this flight,
I dont think so, Putin is conducting air strikes on Daesh positions and 'we' are not doing anything about it.
2) we could send a message by shooting a Russian jet down. I am being serious. What can Russia do? declare war? I don't bloody think so. If it did, it will lose all its Air Assets within 24 hours. We have so many aircraft that the Russian Air Bases will turn to glass in hours. Sure, even if we lose half a dozen jets, Putin will learn very quickly his place in this world,
If 'we' shoot a russian jet down it will actually be 'us' declaring war on Russia.
3) we are going to train and supply FSA and JAESH al-Fatah with billions in weapons, so Assad better bunker down. Sure, Russia can continue to bomb them right up to the point we declare a "NO FLY ZONE" in which case they won't even be able to fly a kite.
We already declared a no fly zone and Russian jets are flying around over Syria.
4) final option is we deploy Ground Troops. Probably an unlikely scenario because we are not going to be in Syria for 20 years fighting this war but Iran and Russia might be their fighting their losing war against rebel groups which we will fund such as the FSA and JAESH al-Fatah.
Well done Paphitis. lets fund more disaster in Syria and blame Assad.
So stop wanking your little weener because the only smart option the Russians have is to convince Assad to step down.
Meanwhile, our Jets will fly and control the skies. The Russian Jets are our little guests in Airspace we own and control so behave yourself.
You have a dangerous mind Paphitis. 'We' have very little to gain but a lot to lose with this kind of mentality. What are 'we' doing all this for? would you go or send your boys to fight in Syria?
