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Putin now has legitimate reasons to bolster the military forces in Syria
Well him needing the S300/S400 and a bunch of combat planes were not needed for ISIS and the rebel groups seeing they dont have planes .....now for protection of the bombers subject to Turkey incursions he has a legitimate reason ...check .....
Thank you for admitting he did not have a legitimate reason before.
originally posted by: the2ofusr1
a reply to: DJW001
Well him needing the S300/S400 and a bunch of combat planes were not needed for ISIS and the rebel groups seeing they dont have planes .....now for protection of the bombers subject to Turkey incursions he has a legitimate reason ...check .....
Thank you for admitting he did not have a legitimate reason before.
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: the2ofusr1
Putin now has legitimate reasons to bolster the military forces in Syria
Thank you for admitting he did not have a legitimate reason before. The more Putin commits to bombing in Syria, the more damaged the infrastructure will be. The whole point of this campaign is neither to defeat the terrorists nor secure Assad in power: it is to destroy as much of Syria as possible so that Russian contractors can make money rebuilding it. That is essentially what the US did in Iraq, remember?
originally posted by: DuckforcoveR
It could also play out like:
Turkey: That's it, we just got attacked! We must all declare war on Russia!
Rest of NATO: Um, yeah no. Thanks for being a part of our club, all of the dirt that NSA has on you will be released tomorrow and you are kicked out effective immediately.
Probably not that easy, but I could totally see a manufactured scandal ending the NATO / Turkish relationship if NATO truly faced an existential threat.
a reply to: LordOfArcadia
That would be exactly what ISIS wants , if that's going to happen then it might be prudent to ask who would gain the most and is Turkey ultimately the brains behind ISIS?
originally posted by: LordOfArcadia
Russia has been violating Nato airspace for months now in the Balkans, but US warplanes have only intercepted and not engaged. But now, Russia has violated the airspace of a country that doesn't need air protection from the US, but one that can defend itself. Turkey. And not just any part of Turkey, but the Hatay Province. A historically Arab area that Turkey only got in 1940 and spent considerable time and effort to make Turkish. Let's also not forget, the Turks take the idea of sovereign borders VERY seriously since the Ottoman Empire was torn apart.
The end of Nato.