Russia’s Defence Ministry has criticised the United States’ decision to send armoured vehicles and combat troops into eastern Syria to protect oil fields, calling it “banditry.” >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Just like the so called “banditry” of John Paul Jones and the Swamp Fox,Francis Marion , both who used enemy resources to fuel their own fight.
Strategically now the caliphate jihadhis will have to come to US Forces and confront the buzz saw, the US Forces won’t have to hunt them down! Very smart strategy.
Putin is discovering that he is no longer dealing with a double dealing, community organizer, liberal utopian fascist of dirty name.
Does it belong in 21th century?
Russia is a major power since 1380s and a superpower since 1550s.
Do you know any nation outlived it in this status for that long? I guess not. But you probably know plenty of these looking down on Russia and stating it is a third rate declining power and nothing to care about and this thinking dates back to 800 years ago. How many of these were destroyed by the Russians not only as superpowers but as nations too? It wasn’t for nothing. Did Swedish or Polish empires envisioned their omnipotent states would be destroyed by the Russians in counterattacks to their invasions.
What Napoleon and Hitler thought? Did Napoleon envision Russian troops captured Paris? Did Hitler believe the Germans will learn Russian and not vice versa?
And if you’d say Genghis Khan his nations would harrass China and Japan on Russia’s order and would be below an autonomous state within Russia she wouldn’t ever believe it.
What caliphate? According to the President the caliphate and ISIS have been destroyed.