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Originally posted by FlyersFan
He has no 'best option'. Syria is to be the battleground for WWIII. Everyone around the world is involved. Syria. Russia. China. USA. France. UK. Saudi Arabia. Egypt. Iran. Muslim Brotherhood. Etc etc. There is no 'best option' ... it's all going to blow up ..... and it's going to be a mess no matter what he does.
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
reply to post by MrSpad
Yeah well a lot of that might depend on just how far Putin might go covertly. While presenting a public facade of "hands off," he still could provide Syria with satellite intelligence as to NATO fleet and ground positions. And also, so might Iran. Lord only knows what the hell is taking place behind the scenes right now. Even all the way to a shocking headline:
"Russia shocks the world and destroys most of the US fleet with nuclear weapons!!! - Threatens more if the US continues its meddling in its interests"
After all, their methodology has long been known to not invest much more in conventional weaponry. Just nuke em and be done with it. If that happened, I would not be all that surprised.edit on Tue Aug 27th 2013 by TrueAmerican because: (no reason given)
A senior source in the Russian Air Force told to Moscow website Telegrafist that Russia had plans to bomb Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
He claims that the combat mission can be done by a unit of Su-27s, as well as by modern bombers Su-34s with extra fuel tanks, accompanied by the Su-27s.
"Today, the situation is such that even in case if the Su-34s do not have enough fuel to get out of Iran's airspace on return flight, they will be able to land right there", he said - "a combat radius of the Su-27s allows fly to the capital of Qatar and Saudi Arabia and return, the Su-34s do not have such radius".
On the question when and why these plans developed, the Russian Air Force officer replied:
"Saudi Arabia is a key US ally in the region, not Israel, as many suggest, namely the regime of King Abdullah who is willing to get involved where you want to please his masters, so of course the Soviet Union was preparing plans for the destruction of this regime because without it - Saudi Arabia will no longer be an integral state and Washington will get hordes of barbarians who destroy their bases by using the same US military hardware".
The Russians also claimed they needed no more than 24 hours for the entire operation to destroy the ruling circles of the two monarchies from the air.
Originally posted by maes2
reply to post by TrueAmerican
no never.
I am just thinking how Nethanyahu would let USA to attack Syria.
what if, just what if it becomes a domino against Israel.
Originally posted by darkbake
reply to post by TrueAmerican
There is moral high ground if Assad just tries to keep things under control in Syria and presents the case that the chemical weapon attack was an opposition one, or possibly an unrelated Al Qaeda attack. The United States is going to attack him, I mean the U.S. is going to fall right into a trap,
If I were Assad, I suppose I would let the U.S. attack and at the exact same time send anti-ship missiles to destroy the fleet in the Mediterranean (I'm guessing) and do a coordinated ambush and attack with Iran.
Basically, I would wait until the U.S. struck without U.N. approval and then go all out. Seriously, what kind of troop presence does the U.S. have in the area that could stop that kind of counter-attack?
One thing I would probably not do is not counter-attack. If we are simply talking about tactics here, there should be enough between Syria and Iran to win this particular battleedit on 27-8-2013 by darkbake because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
"Russia shocks the world and destroys most of the US fleet with nuclear weapons!!! - Threatens more if the US continues its meddling in its interests"
So what would YOU do if you were Assad, and knew you were about to be obliterated?
Originally posted by darkbake
reply to post by MrSpad
Thanks, I was hoping you might bring in some more information. What about if they used some Russian anti-ship missiles, or Russia had some ships? Or Iran? I'm not sure about actual troop counts in the region.
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
Originally posted by minkmouse
@TA...Yes, I would light the whole box of fireworks right about now if I were Assad!
Well I mean crap. If they framed me for supposedly using chemical weapons, when I didn't, then how about... Screw it! Time to use chemical weapons! And whatever else I've got. And the whole time I'd be on the phone with Putin, giving him a piece of my mind. Some ally.
Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by TrueAmerican
If I were Assad, I would gather all my Spec-Ops guys and release them upon the world. Right along with all my spooks who could leave trails of deception pointing to all who have attacked my country.
But that's only if I were Assad.