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1 posted on 09/30/2015 2:03:10 PM PDT by Trumpinator

The Russian air strikes were in Talbiseh (Talbisa), Homs, far from ISIS forces. The Russians are bombing the Free Syrian Army.

Map of the Situation (including which areas are controlled by which factions)

Russian pilots talks while bombing Talbisa, Homs [Just in today.]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LDnZAOJgSc

The obvious reason is that the Russians hope to destroy moderate factions that want a secular government, leaving only radical Islamist factions like ISIS as an excuse to build up the Assad/Iranian side.

It appears that Putin's hope is to stabilize the situation and put it under the control of Iran and Russia before making pacts with other nations to move further south. It appears to be another Russian proxy campaign to take the Mediterranean (to control energy resources, ports, military routes and more) and to take Israel for the Mother Church of Russia (Eastern Orthodox) and similar religious allies. Russia conducted a similar long campaign to build up Arab proxies and prod them to attack Israel before the Six Day War.

2 posted on 09/30/2015 2:06:03 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)

Russia is bombing towns in Syria that are controlled by anti-regime rebels — and not by ISIS [Info including map and video.]
http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-is-bombing-towns-in-syria-that-are-controlled-by-anti-regime-rebels-and-not-by-isis-2015-9

3 posted on 09/30/2015 2:06:57 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)

The Russian Orthodox Church wants to take Jerusalem.

4 posted on 09/30/2015 2:08:03 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)

Is ISIS going to overrun the cities previously controlled by the Syrian free army that Russia is attacking? Yikes.

5 posted on 09/30/2015 2:08:36 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing

Can anyone imagine a US combat aircraft getting blessed by priests?

6 posted on 09/30/2015 2:09:24 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")

The Ruskies have the balls to do what is needed to be done. “PC” has no direct Russian translation, apparently.

7 posted on 09/30/2015 2:09:30 PM PDT by fhayek

Well at least one Christian church is actual focused on more than leftist “social justice” bullship.

10 posted on 09/30/2015 2:19:34 PM PDT by VanDeKoik

The Russian Orthodox Church has been the only support Syrian Christians have had and this is a primary interest of the church - protecting Syrian Christians. Christians from Western countries, including the American churches, have turned their back on them.

11 posted on 09/30/2015 2:25:55 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)

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