With Russians ISIS (Dash) will face an enemy that can be as barbaric as they are or worse! Even if the 90,000 number is high, the Russians are “In it to win it”. Worry Not—Russia will get money enough to pay for their adventure. A little bit of advise for the ISIS folks—If you capture any Russians, Don’t burn them alive for the cameras. It will just piss them off and they will go all Mongol on you.
Good point. Russia isn’t constrained by the self hating politically correct lawyers within the U.S. who keep US forces from facing and fighting like is required in hell that war is.
Russia may be our world adversary, but they do require respect for their strengths.
It's not the barbarism that's going to be an issue for ISIS.
It's the cold, calculated expertise of a modern army...the first they have faced.
And, the last.
A bunch of street thugs with cameras are about to get their asses handed to them.
Russia is also seeking to protect its access to the Mediterranean, via their Syrian port.