Posted on 12/15/2017 12:57:01 AM PST by NorseViking
Russian President Vladimir Putin may have declared victory in Syria’s civil war and called on troops to return home, the Kremlin suggests a full military withdrawal could be a long way off.
Putin has called on lawmakers to ratify a deal to expand a military port in Syria and keep forces there for another 50 years, a document on the official parliament database has revealed.
It is not detailed on exact upgrades Russia wants at its port at the Syrian coastal city of Tartus, but support from the Russian parliament will likely be forthcoming.
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Putin’s equivalent of the movie “The Man Who Came To Dinner”, but this one’s entitled “The Navy That Came to Stay, forever”.
Trump was right about Russia. Kerry, Clinton, Brennan, Powers, Rice, Rhodes, Obama, and perhaps Clapper, were all wrong. Now that is some “Russian collusion of the stupids”.
In English, the Russians announce their withdrawal from Syria, while in Russian and Arabic, they announce their long term basing agreement and expansion.
No surprise.
And nobody can see as far as 2092.
For a navy whose only carrier cannot make it from the Black Sea to the Med port without its tow trucks?
Establishing Russia’s version of Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba.
Syria? They can have it.
Sailors stationed there will make good targets.
Russia has had an off-and-on presence in Tartus since the Soviet days.
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