Posted on 03/19/2022 11:04:25 PM PDT by Conservat1
2022 Kharkiv Ukraine, 2015 The Palestinian al-Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus. Putin's tactic The same tactic - an uncompromising siege, massive destruction of cities by aerial bombardment and the evacuation of a frightened civilian population. In Syria it ended in the surrender of the armed rebels in most cities. pic.twitter.com/82MS5cnLgp— Roi Kais • روعي كايس • רועי קייס (@kaisos1987) March 18, 2022
Which is exactly why I don’t believe Syria will supply 40,000 mercenaries to join Russia.
They know what Russia did to their cities. They’re more likely to join with Ukrainian forces and go after Russia for revenge.
It would be even less successful than Putin’s sending prisoners to the front.
If not for Putin, Assad would be gone like Saddam
Dictator Assad has still more that 40,000 that keep his brutal regime going... to say the least.
BTW, re Arab on Arab Massacres:
His father moaned down 20,000 in Hama in the 1980s...
Mowed down*
In Syria it was either Assad, Al Nusra or Isis. One was the lesser of 3 evils unfortunately. I think Israel even recognises this behind the scenes. Very rough neighbourhood
[Which is exactly why I don’t believe Syria will supply 40,000 mercenaries to join Russia.
They know what Russia did to their cities. They’re more likely to join with Ukrainian forces and go after Russia for revenge.
It would be even less successful than Putin’s sending prisoners to the front.]
In Ukraine, the problem is motivation. The burn rate in Ukraine is huge. Why are they even there? The money might be good, but you can’t take it with you after you’re KIA. In just 3 weeks, Russian casualties in Ukraine are 25x the number in 6-1/2 years of Russian operations in Syria, if you assume the conservative US estimate of 7000 Russian KIA in Ukraine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces_casualties_in_Syria
They’ll show up in Ukraine and run for the EU border to get refugee status.
pretty much standard stuff for the Russians.
“They know what Russia did to their cities. They’re more likely to join with Ukrainian forces and go after Russia for revenge.”
I doubt Assad will send the terrorists he was fighting to Ukraine, as the majority of Syrians actually do support him (as best as I can tell), so there are still plenty at his disposal.
The war there was another Obama/Hillary creation with the media running the same type of propaganda blitz as we see in Ukraine.
“pretty much standard stuff for the Russians.”
We didn’t make people suffer in our wars, just nuking and firebombing.
In Syria it was either Assad, Al Nusra or Isis. One was the lesser of 3 evils unfortunately. I think Israel even recognises this behind the scenes. Very rough neighbourhood.
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Exactly. None of the players in the Syrian debacle had clean hands, including the USA with it false flaggers alleging chemical warfare. At least Assad (the son) kept the Christians alive and is keeping the peace now with his neighbors.
according to General Sherman “war is hell”
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