Do you have a source other than a tweet to support those numbers? The numbers posted at various news outlets outside the US have tanks @ less than 20, troops less than 1,000.
I don’t have another source.
However, there was a pretty poorly written piece this AM on Drudge that said, ‘the US is warily watching Russian military developments in Syria’.
Bottom line - Iran’s official government TV news outlet DID post these numbers. Until you debunk that, you have to take those numbers seriously.
One thing I noticed yesterday was that news about Afghani troops raping boys made this board in force about two days ago. I heard it yesterday on Fox News Radio around 11 AM yesterday.
The only way to counter something like this is to tell the Russians that no matter who launches a missile at the continental land mass of the US, from a barge or a sub or whatever, we are launching against you in full force. You have to tell them this, issue the orders to your generals for this course of action, then you have to look Putin in the eye and tell him this personally, and he’s got to believe you.
Whatever we have left is coming your way.