Posted on 11/09/2015 10:18:32 AM PST by Trumpinator
Euro Nationalists Love Putin's Syria Gamble
Haydn Rippon 11.07.15
When reading critics of Russia’s Syrian war, the impact in Europe is rarely considered. They have a limited view of Putin’s great game: the Middle East is crucial, but taking down the EU is a checkmate move.
Activists at PEGIDA’s (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the Occident) recent march in Dresden roared, “Merkel to Siberia, Putin to Berlin.†The anti-Islamist’s chant is telling. Russian strikes against Sunni jihadists in Syria are having a strong impact on political opinion in Europe. The increasing numbers already deeply alienated from the EU increasingly perceive Putin in positive terms. His man of action persona draws support from the swathe of Europeans concerned about Islam, mass immigration and the perceived remote elitism of Eurocrats. Whether Putin is the man that can save Assad, help destroy Islamic State and al Qaeda in Syria, while stemming the columns of refugee claimants remains uncertain.
What is certain is that his tone and actions are appealing to European nationalist populists. Amongst those who have spoken in his favor are Marine Le Pen and Victor Orban. Any risk of jihadist activity against the Russian population must be balanced against soft power gains globally, and in Europe specifically.
There is no doubt a considerable risk of Sunni jihadists looking for payback against Russia. But even if horrific terrorist attacks against civilians occur there is no certainty they will play against United Russia. They may in fact steel the population against a perceived enduring civilizational threat and increase support for Putin. The chances of any repeat of the Soviet experience in Afghanistan is unlikely; Putin does not spread global communism, but expands Russian influence and demonstrates loyalty to its allies.
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At least Obama, Clinton and the rest of the Progressive Socialist DemoRats have Putin beat hands down in spreading global communism and backstabbing legacy American allies.
Terrorist attacks on Russia will only anger the Russians and they will comeback with terror as only the Russians can give it. They will tax themselves into poverty to seek revenge. Russia isn’t the “Me” generation USA.
Terrorist attacks on Russia will only anger the Russians and they will comeback with terror as only the Russians can give it. They will tax themselves into poverty to seek revenge. Russia isn’t the “Me” generation USA.
That’s some legacy Obama is going to have to live with for the rest of his miserable days.
True, one has only to look at the Russian people’s resistance to the Germans in WWII to understand how hard they will fight an enemy.
Obama ain't alone in this anti American, anti Western culture, anti Christian legacy.
Couldn't have said it better... No, they are not indeed!
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