[Zhang Fei]

[Putin is bringing in Chechens and Syrians because he can’t afford the losses he is taking.]

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His problem is that these people probably make Russian soldiers look like Green Berets in comparison. They are gonna get slaughtered and desert en masse. It’s one thing to ask Russians to risk their lives for a “de-Nazification” operation. What’s in it for Chechens and Syrians? The Russian attrition rates are over an order of magnitude higher than anything the Syrians have seen. Syrian loss rates are just over 10K a year. The Russians have lost 7,000 dead (conservative US estimate - Ukie number is 14,000) in just 3 weeks. It wouldn’t surprise me if fratricide between Russians and Syrians resulted, as Syrians decide to run for the EU border.

[GreyFriar]

Tell the Syrians, them probably being good, radical Moslems, that there are thousands of Christians they can kill for their god and ever more women they can have for their reward and entertainment after they’ve killed the men. And I’m not joking on this one.

And I find your comment of fratricide and the Syrians deserting to the EU as plausible.