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US official: Russia sends troops to Syria as peace hopes fade
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Posted on 06/15/2012 1:26:43 PM PDT by Perdogg

Russia is sending armed troops to Syria amid escalating violence there, United States military officials told NBC News Friday, in a move certain to frustrate Western efforts to put pressure on the regime of President Bashir Assad.

(Excerpt) Read more at worldnews.msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: condorlegion; israel; legioncondor; russia; syria; waronterror
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1 posted on 06/15/2012 1:26:49 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

Our Russian allies. As trustworthy as Pakistan or Saudi Arabia.


2 posted on 06/15/2012 1:29:05 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Perdogg

“Russia is sending armed troops to Syria” because only a dumbass would send UNARMED troops. Geez, I hate the media.


3 posted on 06/15/2012 1:30:33 PM PDT by MeganC (No way in Hell am I voting for Mitt Romney. Not now, not ever. Deal with it.)
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To: Perdogg

Muslims killing Muslims killing Russians????

Where’s the downside?


4 posted on 06/15/2012 1:31:19 PM PDT by Lexington Green (''Those who bite the hand that feeds them will lick the boots that kick them.'' -- Eric Hoffer)
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To: dead

“Our Russian allies.”

We do not have a treaty alliance with Russia so they are not our allies.


5 posted on 06/15/2012 1:31:35 PM PDT by MeganC (No way in Hell am I voting for Mitt Romney. Not now, not ever. Deal with it.)
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To: Perdogg
Ha!

Putin has beaten Barack Hussein Kardashian to the punch. The punk with the prompter now CANNOT send troops to Syria without tangling with the Russians, and we KNOW the punk doesn't have the BALLS to do that.

The ENTIRE Middle East policy of this jerkwad is a disaster. He is a friend to NO ONE in that region, and has done untold damage to our reputation as an ally.

Iran and Syria have been able to count on Russia as an ally.

Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan and Israel have seen America (really, Obamugabe) as an UNRELIABLE ally.

Decades will be taken to repair the damage done by the punk in this region...globally, too. Consider: if Obamugabe so quickly threw our allies in these nations under the bus, why would ANYONE trust us for ANYTHING? He is a diplomatic septic tank.

6 posted on 06/15/2012 1:40:41 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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Is this big? This seems big to me. Russian involvement seems big. I have a brother in Syria. I have to go take a shower.


7 posted on 06/15/2012 1:40:41 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Cheney/Rumsfeld 2012)
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To: Lexington Green

We should send in Orville Redenbacher armed with popcorn. He’d be pretty busy with our allies!


8 posted on 06/15/2012 1:43:16 PM PDT by gr8eman (Ron Swanson for President!)
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To: SoFloFreeper
...if Obamugabe so quickly threw our allies in these nations under the bus, why would ANYONE trust us for ANYTHING? He is a diplomatic septic tank.

A slight correction: 0bama is not a diplomatic septic tank, he is what is found inside the septic tank.
9 posted on 06/15/2012 1:44:50 PM PDT by mkjessup (Romney is to conservatism what Helen Thomas is to a high fashion model walkway.)
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To: Perdogg

Just in case anyone missed it, this is exactly the type of military adventurism that creeps up when you cut your own forces too much.

We can attribute this directly to Barack Obama’s failure as president, and the Republicans who let him get away with gutting our military.

We’re going to war, and I’m not talking about nations that don’t have nukes here.

The average U. S. Citizen doesn’t have a clue.


10 posted on 06/15/2012 1:49:41 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Republicanism: Y1 Rant Y2 Rant Y3 Rant Y4, Oh nevermind, vote for him anyway. Rinse & Repeat!)
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To: Lexington Green

Exactly. Spengler’s recent column noted that this was a proxy war between Shia Islam and Sunni Islam. We want both sides to win. Any Russians are a bonus.


11 posted on 06/15/2012 1:49:53 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Perdogg

Arab Spring -> Arab Winter -> Cold War Redux -> ?


12 posted on 06/15/2012 1:52:31 PM PDT by Palmetto Patriot (How much better off would we be if these bastards would just leave us alone?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Remember when the Ruskies got to some important airport in former Yugoslavia first and General Weasel Clarke wanted to use force to kick them out until a British commander told Weasel that he would not allow him to start World War III.


13 posted on 06/15/2012 1:55:49 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: SoFloFreeper

Pristina Airport redux. Only thing missing is General Wesley Clark...


14 posted on 06/15/2012 1:56:07 PM PDT by donozark (The 7th Wisconsin had more men killed in battle than any other Union Regiment.)
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To: Perdogg

Good for the Russians. The Alawites in Syria protects the Christians. If the Alawites are overthrown, it’ll be open season on Christians in Syria.....


15 posted on 06/15/2012 2:00:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Perdogg

MSNBC certainly isnt talking about Hillay’s “Reset Button” with Russia much anymore.

My, it sure was easier to criticize Bush when the Left wasnt in power...


17 posted on 06/15/2012 2:19:03 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Perdogg

Who do we want to come out ahead in this battle?


18 posted on 06/15/2012 2:19:56 PM PDT by Leep (Enemy of the Statist)
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The Almighty is about to press His reset button and than the SHTF for the false messiah and his minions.


19 posted on 06/15/2012 2:29:04 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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Gee whats very close to Syria. Sounds almost biblical


20 posted on 06/15/2012 2:29:20 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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