The Syrian Crisis

[Akim]

If the Houthis' recent string of successes is anything to go by, modern weapons won't make a big difference.

I do agree that one should not underestimate the opponent.

It will not clash with the partisan detachment, but two regular armies.

 

[myana]

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160214/1034736971/syria-saudis-intervention.html

Saudi warplanes, currently deployed at Turkey’s Incirlik airbase, are ready to bomb Raqqa and its environs with a senior Defense Ministry official saying that Riyadh planned to “destroy Islamic State forces in and around Raqqa” as part of the US-led coalition’s intention to step up its airstrikes against the terrorist group.

In the meantime, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that Washington was not considering any major Arab deployments to Syria, adding that the coalition was only studying the possibility of sending commando units to help the local opposition militias retake the de facto Daesh capital Raqqa in the north.

 

[sesha_maruthi27]

In the mean time The Russian Prime Minister has warned at the moving of Saudi and Turkish ground troops into Syria might just start another WORLD WAR....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-Using-ground-troops-draw-says-Medvedev.html

 

[Akim]

In the mean time The Russian Prime Minister has warned at the moving of Saudi and Turkish ground troops into Syria might just start another WORLD WAR....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-Using-ground-troops-draw-says-Medvedev.html

World war will not. Regional war -is likely.

 

[AnantS]

World war will not. Regional war -is likely.

Akim: Answer without emotions for a moment. I imagine you must have seen cold war period. How does it feel this time to be on the "other side" fighting alongside erstwhile enemy against your own erstwhile comrades? What is the general feelings among ethnic Russians in west Ukraine? Don't they believe that by inviting NATO to Ukraine, they betrayed their erstwhile comrades? Or the hate for Soviet System fuels their aggression towards Russia?

Thanks

 

[Akim]

Akim: Answer without emotions for a moment. I imagine you must have seen cold war period. How does it feel this time to be on the "other side" fighting alongside erstwhile enemy against your own erstwhile comrades? What is the general feelings among ethnic Russians in west Ukraine? Don't they believe that by inviting NATO to Ukraine, they betrayed their erstwhile comrades? Or the hate for Soviet System fuels their aggression towards Russia?

Thanks

To begin with. Western Ukraine never loved the Soviet Union because it, like the Baltic States, was forcibly annexed. The concept of: friend/enemy - conditional. In 1944 no one could have imagined that Germany and Japan are U.S. allies, but the USSR was the enemy.

 

[pmaitra]

It will not clash with the partisan detachment, but two regular armies.

One wonders why. Saudi Arabia has lost quite some territory to the Houthis. I don't see why they would not defend their own country but send troops elsewhere.

 

[pmaitra]

To begin with. Western Ukraine never loved the Soviet Union because it, like the Baltic States, was forcibly annexed. The concept of: friend/enemy - conditional. In 1944 no one could have imagined that Germany and Japan are U.S. allies, but the USSR was the enemy.

Not western Ukraine. Only Lvov and the surrounding Galician countryside.

 

[Akim]

Not western Ukraine. Only Lvov and the surrounding Galician countryside.

It belongs to the Syrian crisis?

 

[Akim]

One wonders why. Saudi Arabia has lost quite some territory to the Houthis. I don't see why they would not defend their own country but send troops elsewhere.

Maybe I missed it.When?
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[AnantS]

To begin with. Western Ukraine never loved the Soviet Union because it, like the Baltic States, was forcibly annexed. The concept of: friend/enemy - conditional. In 1944 no one could have imagined that Germany and Japan are U.S. allies, but the USSR was the enemy.

so ethnic russians in west ukraine dont have blood relatives in Russia? So I dont they feel like integrate back with their blood relatives? Esp when Soviet system I believe really made mishmash of ethnic demographics in all its constituent states?(I am asking question from eastern Indian subcontinent point of view where blood lines often are placed above nation boundaries)

 

[Akim]

so ethnic russians in west ukraine dont have blood relatives in Russia? So I dont they feel like integrate back with their blood relatives? Esp when Soviet system I believe really made mishmash of ethnic demographics in all its constituent states?(I am asking question from eastern Indian subcontinent point of view where blood lines often are placed above nation boundaries)

If my brother raped my wife - I'll kill him. Here similar principle.

 

[pmaitra]

Maybe I missed it.When?
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We have a thread on the Yemen crisis. The Houthis has overrun quite a few Saudi military posts and destroyed many Saudi vehicles, including armoured vehicles.

 

[AnantS]

If my brother raped my wife - I'll kill him. Here similar principle.

OT: So I take it in your case geopolitics rank higher than bloodlines. Ofcourse what you state wont be the case with each every Russian family living in West Ukraine. Maybe that's the outcome of soviet system, where one was taught to be more loyal to state than even your own parents

 

[Akim]

We have a thread on the Yemen crisis. The Houthis has overrun quite a few Saudi military posts and destroyed many Saudi vehicles, including armoured vehicles.

You can't know the full picture. If decide to send ground troops in Syria - so think that this task is more important.

 

[pmaitra]

You can't know the full picture. If decide to send ground troops in Syria - so think that this task is more important.

We'll have to see. I think there is a possibility that Saudi F-16s might get engaged if they enter Syria.

 

[Akim]

OT: So I take it in your case geopolitics rank higher than bloodlines. Ofcourse what you state wont be the case with each every Russian family living in West Ukraine. Maybe that's the outcome of soviet system, where one was taught to be more loyal to state than even your own parents

Blood ties can not speculate. This reason does not allow the relatives to come to your house and give a shit in the middle of the room.

 

[pmaitra]

It belongs to the Syrian crisis?

Why are you talking about it then?

 

[pmaitra]

Here is what captured "moderates" look like:

 

[Akim]

Why are you talking about it then?

Because me was asked - I answered. You began to add comments. Why? You still can't change anything.