>You think Israel is more worried about protecting Russian soldiers than protecting Israel?
Not killing Russian soldiers is protecting Israel. Israel has enough enemies in the area and they don’t need to make one of the 3ed strongest military power in the world.
>Or do you think Israel needs to ask Putin for permission to protect Israel?
Israel’s attack on Syria is an act of war. If you’re going to flagrantly commit acts of war then it pays to make sure that you only hit the terrorist group and not the parties who are not at war with you. Thus working out an understanding benefits everyone.
>And Russians have been killed before without Putin acting. Why do you think he doesn’t honestly report about his solders killed fighting for abroad for his empire? Poor soldier died in a training accident...in Ukraine, or in Syria.
For the same reason we report special forces deaths as training accidents. Plausible deniability.
>Putin will protect his soldiers if he wants to. He’ll not avenge them if he doesn’t want to. He’s not exactly accountable on these subjects.
Putin wouldn’t last 5 minutes in Russia if he lost public support. Someone would remove him and take over just as it happen to Yeltsin. Russia’s not a terror state on the lines of the old soviet union and public opinion or rather the mandate of heaven very much matters to the Russian government.
Putin does protect his men. After the Turks shot down that Russian bomber last year Putin carpet bombed all the villages of Turkmons living in Syria for months. Turkey got the message that if you kill one of ours, we’ll kill hundreds of yours thus protecting the rest of his air force pilots.
You admit that Russia uses plausible and yet you aver, based on your experience I'm sure, that they always avenge their fallen. If they deny those who died, how do you know that they follow through with the vengeance you assert?
It's funny too how you claim what Israel did to protect itself is an act of war while you don't see what Putin does in Ukraine as one. Hmmm.
Supposedly ISIS bombed the airline over the Sinai, Egypt, the soda pop bomb; and so Putin went after whom? ISIS or the Rebels. Russia's response to ISIS seems rather limited. Are ISIS still in Palmyra? Hard to find solid sources saying no.