The bombers I can understand. The part that worries me is they’re layering Syria with the best anti-air systems they have. These aren’t anti-rocketry systems, they’re designed to bring down state of the art aircraft like those we’d field. ISIS/ISIL/al-Qaida doesn’t have an air force. So either they’re designed to lock us out or to counter Israel. Either way it has nothing to do with ISIL
Whatever they do, we asked for it. Didn’t we know this was going to happen sometime while that man was stinking up the place? I’m only surprised Ivan has waited this long.
“The bombers I can understand. The part that worries me is they’re layering Syria with the best anti-air systems they have.”
Not weird at all. Its a political statement that nobody is allowed to bomb Syrian Army positions, the Russian bases, or Assad. This only bothers people who really planned to attack Assad all along.
But in Syrian airspace right now have been USAF, IAF, Turkeys, Jordanians, UAE, French, Syrian, Russian, and maybe more. With 8 or 9 Air Forces there, half with not so hidden agendas to remove Assad, it would seem prudent to protect your own base.
Yes, to counter Israel and NATO. Remember the Kosovo war? NATO attacked the Chinese embassy in Belgrade “in error”? I don’t think Russians forgot that lesson either.