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Why Is Putin Sending Troops to Syria?
Newsweek ^ | 9/3/15 | ELLIOTT ABRAMS

Posted on 09/03/2015 6:53:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Russian fighter pilots are expected to begin arriving in Syria in the coming days, and will fly their Russian air force fighter jets and attack helicopters against ISIS and rebel-aligned targets within the failing state.

According to Western diplomats, a Russian expeditionary force has already arrived in Syria and set up camp in an Assad-controlled airbase. The base is said to be in area surrounding Damascus, and will serve, for all intents and purposes, as a Russian forward operating base. In the coming weeks thousands of Russian military personnel are set to touch down in Syria, including advisors, instructors, logistics personnel, technical personnel, members of the aerial protection division and the pilots who will operate the aircraft.

Past reports have stated that the Russians were in talks to sell the Syrians a package of MiG-29 fighter jets, and Yak-130 trainer jets (which can also serve as attack aircraft.) The current makeup of the expeditionary force is still unknown, but there is no doubt that Russian pilots flying combat missions in Syrian skies will definitely change the existing dynamics in the Middle East.

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TOPICS: Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: iran; iraq; isis; kurdistan; mig29; putinsbuttboys; russia; syria; vladtheimploder; yak130
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1 posted on 09/03/2015 6:53:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

“To get to the other side?”


2 posted on 09/03/2015 6:54:34 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Cruz is still my #1, but Trump is impressing the hell out of me.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Bashar is running out of cannon fodder.


3 posted on 09/03/2015 7:00:17 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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Why Is Putin Sending Troops to Syria?

1. Because Obama tried to help the Muslim Brotherhood overthrow Assad.

2. Because Assad is the lesser evil compared to the Muslim Brotherhood.

3. Because doing so will increase Russia's power and influence in the Middle East.

4. Because when Assad finally goes (natural causes, or whatever...), Russia will be in a position to choose his successor.

5. Because Obama will not oppose them.

6. Because "Why not"?

4 posted on 09/03/2015 7:00:30 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (Today's Democrats are much more Fascist than Communist; but Sen Joe McCarthy was still right.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Ultimately to secure a warm water port.


5 posted on 09/03/2015 7:02:18 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
On another website I posted an article entitled "What was it they said about Gog and Magog?

This Revelations stuff is looking a lot more plausible nowadays, isn't it?

6 posted on 09/03/2015 7:05:24 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: mrsmith; RushIsMyTeddyBear; metmom; CynicalBear; SkyPilot; tuffydoodle; tang-soo; righttackle44; ...

Not to mention being very close to Israel via the Earth.

Ezekiel 38, and all that.

But, it is a hook in the jaw that pulls Magog in. What that will be, dunno.


7 posted on 09/03/2015 7:06:44 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: DiogenesLamp

Ezekiel 38 shall come to pass, exactly as prophesied, in the Latter Years (verse 8) and the Latter Days (verse 16).

You can be 100% assured it is going to happen - I think we’re seeing why.


8 posted on 09/03/2015 7:07:22 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Russia is at least seemingly defending Christians, Obama is not...

As Much as i hate Putin, I hate Obama more.

May God Help Putin save the persecuted Christians in Syria.


9 posted on 09/03/2015 7:10:58 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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Because some white people still know how to kill bad guys.


10 posted on 09/03/2015 7:13:36 PM PDT by The Toll
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To fight Obama’s ISIS?


11 posted on 09/03/2015 7:17:40 PM PDT by Iron Munro (CITY: A liberal run holding pen for useless headcount.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

To fight Obama’s ISIS?


12 posted on 09/03/2015 7:17:48 PM PDT by Iron Munro (CITY: A liberal run holding pen for useless headcount.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

That’s really great news!

Finally, Russia is taking steps to support their friends!

(No sarcasm intended or implied)


13 posted on 09/03/2015 7:26:23 PM PDT by sarasmom
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To: SaveFerris

You can almost hear the footsteps of the Messiah. Maranatha, brother.


14 posted on 09/03/2015 7:33:03 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

BTW, is Obama through screwing around in Alaska?

Knucklehead.


15 posted on 09/03/2015 7:37:20 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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[Ezekiel 38 shall come to pass, exactly as prophesied, in the Latter Years (verse 8) and the Latter Days (verse 16).]

Ezekiel 38 in the King James Version

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ezekiel++38&version=KJV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zuYCM0g2kc


16 posted on 09/03/2015 7:37:43 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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Hallelujah Amen!!


17 posted on 09/03/2015 7:38:37 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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Why Is Putin Sending Troops to Syria?

Because of Arab Spring enablers, financiers and Bilderberg type theology worshipers. Goldman Sachs gives a hefty wad of cash too.

18 posted on 09/03/2015 7:38:46 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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There are mixed signals on these actions, the days to come will tell.


19 posted on 09/03/2015 7:39:20 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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This is the Middle East. There are no good guys, only lesser bad guys. The only “rebels” left in Syria facing Assad are Al Qaeda and Isis.Thus, Assad becomes the lesser bad guy by default.Abrams is suggesting there are moderate rebels to support. There are none left. The fifty that were left and Mr Obama spent a half billion training to make it look like he was doing something got killed as soon as they were let loose in the field or ran away. I therefore have no no problem with the Russians supporting the lesser evil.


20 posted on 09/03/2015 8:10:52 PM PDT by chuckee
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