i have no idea where this is leading, because i’m not a military man nor can i read the minds of the leaders of countries.
Let's try looking at the options:
1. Turks/Saudis try to bomb Syria -- Russian air-defense is likely to make this prohibitively costly.
2. Turks send armor (tank brigades, being readied now) across the border -- With Russian air superiority we may see their tanks going the way of Saddam's tanks in 1993.
3. Turks limit the aggression to cross-border shelling --- not clear if Russia will respond.
4. Turkish/Saudis gambit is to suffer heavy losses in 1. and/or 2. but trigger a World War (nuclear exchange) between the US and Russia. This would be obviously to their benefit, and given the level of competence our famous golf player tends to show, cannot be excluded.
Any other options?
I certainly hope option 4 is off the table.
“KERRY: DO YOU WANT ME TO GO TO WAR WITH THE RUSSIANS?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05fed2cZSiI
I have such a high IQ and it’s SO worthless lol.
two great answers. Thanks guys.
how anyone thinks a nuclear war on a large scale can benefit anybody is beyond me, but they do.
anyone know if 2 or 3 hundred nuke are exchanged, if that’s a planet killer, or is that just the movies?
cherynobyl wasn’t even a nuke and reached Europe
again, i know nothing of nukes, but Powerpoint and Excel, i’m you man lol
Russians don’t have air superiority.
They have a couple dozen aircraft, at best, in the area. The Turks outnumber them 10:1 in aircraft in range. The Turks can also attack the Soviet airbases in Syria with artillery rockets in range, and from the sea. It’s also not clear who has the technological advantage.
This sort of escalation is very dangerous.
Russia and Turkey go at it; we watch.
Zero backs down and goes play another 18 rounds. Drinks and ? later with Reggie... (it IS Valentine’s day).