Russia bombards Syrian rebels near site of downed Russian jet

Yahoo ^ | 11/25/15 | Reuters

[winoneforthegipper]

YAYLADAGI, Turkey (Reuters) - Russian forces launched a heavy bombardment against insurgent-held areas in Syria's Latakia province on Wednesday, near where a Russian warplane had been shot down by Turkey the day before, rebels and a monitoring group said.

At least 12 air strikes hit Latakia's northern countryside as pro-government forces clashed with fighters from al Qaeda's Nusra Front and Turkmen insurgents in the Jabal Akrad and Jabal Turkman areas, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

A Turkmen commander said missiles fired from Russian warships in the Mediterranean were also hitting the area, as well as heavy artillery shelling.

[Zhang Fei]

Gorbachev said last year we are headed for a nuclear war.

I agree. Nuclear powers with weak conventional forces relative to their adversaries will increasingly be tempted to fight a limited nuclear war to achieve their goals.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Like World War I fighing over the death of an Archduke and Serbian Terrorism (that’s what it was) kicked it off and 11 million folks died—and set things up for a Hitler to step in and fight a new war 20 years later—that cost 62 million people. Little things build up—BUT do we want a world war over Syria? Is Obama’s Ego so important that it must cost 100 Million Lives? This time —we might not win. We do not have the same base—the same wealth—the same courage as in 1941. We could lose a great deal.