Russia prepares for war in Syria, army units

Originally posted by princeofpeace
Russia/China vs US, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Israel, India, Turkey, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia.

Should be a good one!!!

i'm unsure it would be that cut and dry when you factor in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and most islamic countries fighting on the side of Russia. India has already made it's position clear by trading with Iran in gold and bypassing the embargo. Turkey could go either way and the rest of the countries you listed are broke, Germany only has money because of their deflated euro value due to the rest of the eu.

That photo of the russian boy is a dead ringer for my own son! right down to the expression......it slayed me....
I hope Russia stays within the confines of guarding its own military assets in Sria, should they send any troops at all.....
Assad is clearly the looser here now, and if left to fester, its my wager the regime will topple sooner than later under such pressure as can be clandestinely brought to bear.
Quatar,UAE,US, French, Turkish,UK, who hasnt got clandestine operatives stirring up trouble for Assad?
The massacres which i believe that Assad has absolutely NO control of or hand in.....are acts of ethnic cleansing by separate sects. or groups.
Whether committed by pro, or anti assad troops, they are religiously oriented and long standing blood feud type events.
What must be avoided if possible, is involvement b the US, this ma make ot feasable for a fait accomple....withou too much trouble from either Iran, or ussia....who would end up scrambling to ensure their position with the new goverment...who would do well to offer some kind of guarantees to them......at least for the present.
Turkeys idea of a buffer zone for the protection of innocents as they head for relief camps in turkish territory, may et provide an in for foriegn troops without russian interferance as well......
developements are far from deadlocked, and too fluid to predict at this juncture......

A lot of Middle Eastern countries may join them but a lot would join the other side as well. The Middle east is split between Sunni and Shiite. Thast why the Saudies, and UAE etc are enemies of Iran. Sunni vs Shiite.

Originally posted by rickymouse
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If Russia and China were on one side I'm pretty sure a lot of middle east countries would join them. I'm not into having a big war although it would be an excellent way of trimming the world population.

Originally posted by LittleBlackEagle

Originally posted by princeofpeace
Russia/China vs US, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Israel, India, Turkey, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia.

Should be a good one!!!

i'm unsure it would be that cut and dry when you factor in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and most islamic countries fighting on the side of Russia. India has already made it's position clear by trading with Iran in gold and bypassing the embargo. Turkey could go either way and the rest of the countries you listed are broke, Germany only has money because of their deflated euro value due to the rest of the eu.

I agree. It's would surely depend on who aligned with who in some regards. If Greece were to align with the US, Turkey might make a case to go against the US, being Greece is their mortal enemy. Same could be said with Pakistan and India. One might chose a side merely to be opposing their nemesis.

But I could nearly guarantee, however, that nearly all Eastern European countries would align with the US.

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Nobody - and notice the hemosphere ... and FUKUSHIMA, I think that would make George W Bushes Ranch in Patagonia on that nations largest Aquafuer worth something more than dirt and water......

India wont be allied with Pakistan and China you can count on that. India is FAR more likely to be aligned with the West. India didnt just test fire that nuke a few weeks ago who's design had China written all over it.

Originally posted by LittleBlackEagle

Originally posted by princeofpeace
Russia/China vs US, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Israel, India, Turkey, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia.

Should be a good one!!!

i'm unsure it would be that cut and dry when you factor in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and most islamic countries fighting on the side of Russia. India has already made it's position clear by trading with Iran in gold and bypassing the embargo. Turkey could go either way and the rest of the countries you listed are broke, Germany only has money because of their deflated euro value due to the rest of the eu.

BUT Greece and Turkey are both NATO members...surely they both knew that by joining NATO they must be able to fight together at some point if need be.

Originally posted by Bearack

Originally posted by LittleBlackEagle

Originally posted by princeofpeace
Russia/China vs US, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Israel, India, Turkey, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia.

Should be a good one!!!

i'm unsure it would be that cut and dry when you factor in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and most islamic countries fighting on the side of Russia. India has already made it's position clear by trading with Iran in gold and bypassing the embargo. Turkey could go either way and the rest of the countries you listed are broke, Germany only has money because of their deflated euro value due to the rest of the eu.

I agree. It's would surely depend on who aligned with who in some regards. If Greece were to align with the US, Turkey might make a case to go against the US, being Greece is their mortal enemy. Same could be said with Pakistan and India. One might chose a side merely to be opposing their nemesis.

But I could nearly guarantee, however, that nearly all Eastern European countries would align with the US.

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Aye, but I said might make a case. Greece and Turkey joined NATO at the same time in 1952. There has been plenty of time for that animosity to fester over that time.

reply to post by Rook1545

That computer isn't a military authority, I wouldn't base my opinion on a television show either.Statistics showed Saddam's army would crush us,I was told we would loose 50% in a pre deployment briefing before Desert Shield, again based on statistics.
Numbers just don't cover the chaos theory and the US Army at war is chaos.In a conventional fight we win.