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originally posted by: ufoorbhunter
originally posted by: intrepid
It will continue in Syria, poor damn Syrians
Just hard to get ones head around what it must be like to be the average man or woman in the street over in Syria just going about their business and to see what's happened to their country by outside influences. Totally mental.
originally posted by: [post=23366581]RAY1990Syria could be bypassed if an ally was involved, or not?
originally posted by: ufoorbhunter
a reply to: RAY1990
Russia could very easily ratchet up the gas in other parts of eastern Ukraine if given the go ahead by Trump and Netanyahu to absorb the Russian half of Ukraine. Putin certainly doesn't want the Nazi leaning western Ukraine, but the other half is another matter. A deal can be done over this along with the rights to Syria and Iran if necessary. Special forces can set eastern Ukraine on fire and create a new Donbas style conflict in other areas. It's just a green light needed for this to go into action.
originally posted by: nwtrucker
a reply to: lostbook
Pretty much the way I see it, as well. The Russian rhetoric I hold less relevant as it's the same 'baying at the moon' as at the U.S. if they hit Syria again. Nada.
Syria will be the arena for that proxy war. Russia may actively defend their Syrian bases and Syria, overall. Hit Israel directly? Nope. Likewise, Iran will continue to use proxy forces, Hamas, Hezbollah, PLO and Syrian troops, but again not directly attack Israel.
There will be lines that won't be crossed.
Except for Israel, that is. They very well could directly hit Iran, if for no other reason than to get this over and done with. Once and for all. (I make no subjective judgement on this as it doesn't matter one way or another)
It largely depends on Russia's influence on Iran, who has gotten closer to China in recent years, and the U.S.'s influence on Israel, which is far greater than Israel's on the U.S.. Both could mitigate or even delay this fracas.
Then there's Saudi Arabia. They may want Israel to be their proxy against Iran! An interesting twist, if I say so myself.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
Iran and Israel don't have the ability to hit each other directly. If there's a fight between them it will take place in Syria. They can lob missiles at each other, but Israel would, at best, have an extremely difficult time getting aircraft to Iran to hit anything.