It was my understand that the conscription event in Russia this past week is an annual event and not directly linked to activities in Syria. Is that incorrect?
We do not have 150,000 armed troops at this point. Te Army has 450,000 total troops, but less than 20% are actually armed front line troops. The remainder are support (logistics, clerical, intelligence, maintenance, transportation, etc).
Correct.
And this story is speculative BS.