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Voiceover by Harold Hoover
Pro-government forces have liberated the al-Hadalat refugee camp from US-backed militant groups near the Syrian-Jordanian border. The Hadalat refugee camp had been an important facility controlled by US-backed forces. Its population is about 5,000 people.
According to pro-government sources, government troops are going to continue their efforts in order to take control of the Rukbah refugee camp and to isolate the US-held garrison in the village of At Tanf located at the strategic Damascus-Baghdad highway.
The government advance is ongoing amid constant speculations that the US-led coalition is going to force Usoud al-Sharqiya, Martyr Ahmad Abdo Forces, and other militant groups to withdraw from the border area under some deal with the Syrian-Russian-Iranian alliance. However, no real actions have been made by the US-led block so far.
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Tiger Forces and the Syrian Republican Guard (SRG) continued operations against ISIS in the vicinity of Deir Ezzor Airport securing this strategic facility. If the SAA and the SRG don’t launch an operation against ISIS inside the city soon, this could indicate that they are preparing for a push to the another bank of the Euphrates River.
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have developed their advance against ISIS in Deir Ezzor province and captured the Deir Ezzor industrial zone, the 113th Air Defense Base, Bi’r Hisyan, and some nearby points, according to pro-Kurdish sources. With these advances the SDF deployed to within about 5km from Deir Ezzor city.
Earlier this week, US-backed forces announced plans for “liberating Deir Ezzor city” and forming a “civil council” to rule the city after its expected liberation.
On Monday, “a group of tribal sheiks” linked to the SDF-controlled Deir Ezzor Military Council (DMC) released a statement claiming that the DMC and the SDF are going to liberate Deir Ezzor city “from the clutches of IS mercenaries”. The statement also announced a formation of committees that will supervise the formation of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council to rule Deir Ezzor city and its countryside after its liberation.
The statement did not reveal how US-backed forces are going to liberate Deir Ezzor from ISIS when a major part of the city is already liberated by government forces. If US-backed forces really attempt to seize a part of Deir Ezzor city under a pretext of combating ISIS, this may lead to fighting between the SAA and the SDF on the ground. However, the SDF actions will likely depend on the SAA progress in the city. If it is not able to capture a part of the city, the SDF will likely try to seize the Omar oil fields east of it.
Russia’s direct military intervention in Syria cannot stop the unavoidable outcome: the federalization of the Syrian Arab Republic into 3 separate and independent entities, one controlled by the Assad regime (in the northwest, west and southwest), another one controlled by the SDF (in the north, east and southeast) and the northeast part of that country controlled by the Kurds.
A total failure in geopolitical terms.
No, it is actually quite the opposite – a total win:
First the facts:
1) because it is undeniably clear by now that the US intends to make a Kurdish state,
Turkey de-facto left NATO and is in the process of joining China/Russia in the SCO
2) all surrounding countries – that is Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey are AGAINST a Kurdish state
3) the US is far away, bankrupt, and the petro-dollar is recently declared dead by the
gold backed Chinese Yuan
hence the following implications:
1) NATO is falling apart, with Turkey gone, Germany already contemplates about
organizing an EU-army that is to replace NATO (basically kick the Americans out of
Europe)
2) the Kurdish state won’t come to life
3) the Kurds will be sold out by the Americans if they are naive enough to follow
American advice
… and Russia achieved all that on a shoe-string budget. i say: Bravo!
Number 1 is partly true. Turkey hasn’t broken with NATO. They are only “leaning” towards that.Number 2 is very true. But unless they actually do something about it,it doesn’t matter.Number 3 is far from a done deal.Don’t be doing any breathe holding just yet. Wait until it actually happens.As to the last 1,2,3. Number 1 is far from happening.And comes under the “breathe holding” rule above.Number 2 is still not settled,though I hope you are right. And number 3,is totally correct. As is your last sentence. Though that also is only “for now”.Hopefully it will be true at the end. But its too early to be sure.
There is a strong “possibility” that the Kurds may declare “some kind” of independent state.If they get US military support it “might” succeed, at least for a while for them.But it depends on the “actual” reaction of those surrounding states.Do they occupy that area with troops (the smart move) and end that state at the start. Or do they not. That is the “billion dollar” question.If Turkey,Syria,Iraq,and Iran,were to act together. Its doubtful the US would dare try to stop them.There is also another action they could take as well. Blockade that area. No trade in or out by land. That is a landlocked region.Without trading with its neighbors to get needed supplies in,the “state” would collapse after a while.There is no way the US (or Israel) could supply them by air with enough goods to survive.As well as taking their exports out by air.Its an impossible situation.Its one thing to declare your “independence”. But a totally different matter to keep it when you are only a “giant” concentration camp.Totally surrounded by countries that refuse you access to their borders.
It really comes down to the same as I’ve said about Afghanistan. The US would be “stuck” if Pakistan,China,Iran,and the ex-Soviet Central Asian Republics closed their borders to US military and supply travel.It would be a giant “prison” for their troops.No way to effectively re-supply them.It “could” work that way for the Kurds,”if” there is the “will” on the part of those surrounding states to make it so.But we’ll have to wait and see if they are smart enough to see that and act on it.
I said ‘de facto’ not ‘de jure’. But yes, Turkey is out of NATO.
When US/CIA(through their Gulen front puppet)/NATO tried the coup last year,
the F16s that took off from Incirlik Air Base had orders to shoot down
Erdogan’s airplane, with Erdogan and HIS ENTIRE family on it. Just think about
this for a minute, let it sink in.
Yes, Erdogan surely isn’t the nicest guy around and he is responsible for supporting
FSA in Syria – all of that, but he is also a FAMILY MAN.
So for Erdogan, it’s not business anymore, it’s PERSONAL.
Turkey is out of NATO.
That is NOT the impression which I have. There is no need for any federal units in Syria.
Fully agreed. Syria must be an unified entity, No such thing as Kurds’ country or anything similar. SAA should cross over Euphrates river from Deir ez-Zor city decisively! This brave battle will determine Syria’s future, so makes no mistake, and march on ASAP! Do Not give SDF time for going any step further. If they do attempt, then bomb they away!
Have faith my friend !
http://theduran.com/russian-defence-ministry-85-syria-liberated-will-no-stop-till-100/
Well Lavrov stated again usa presence is illegal….maybe we need to wait to see what in effect that means….I note that Tanf crossing is to be taken by Syrian forces….good.
It says “the US-backed SDF have captured” this or that Syrian territory, but from whom have they captured it? Let me guess: they “captured” this territory from US-backed ISIS. Did they simply change uniforms or was there a genuine change of shift: one lot of US mercenaries coming on, and one off.
Well said. I am with you!
Rand Paul threatens to hold up defense bill unless Congress votes to end wars in Afghanistan & Iraq
https://www.rt.com/usa/403033-rand-paul-senate-defense/
“Tonight, the Senate is attempting to move forward with the Defense Bill. I am seeking an amendment to end the AUMF in Afghanistan and Iraq.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 11, 2017”
“I will object to all procedural motions and amendments unless and until my amendment is made in order and we vote on these wars
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 11, 2017”
“We have been there for 16 years. It is time for them to end. It is time for Congress to vote on whether or not they should end.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 11, 2017”
“The Senate is now in a quorum call, unable to act because of my protest. This is why I sit on the floor, in silent protest.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 11, 2017”
“I will continue this protest and these objections for as long as needed to ensure Congress do its duty, and vote on ending these wars.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 11, 2017”
“Hypocrites, they pretend concern over our constitutional duty to declare war and then block any vote on ending any of our 7 current wars
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 11, 2017”
“I sit nearly alone, but that’s fine. I’ll fight by myself if need be. This is too important pic.twitter.com/PRymNnafi8
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 11, 2017”
“Where is the anti-war left demanding the wars end? Where is the constitional conservative right demanding Congress reclaim its war powers?
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 11, 2017”
99.9% of the Two Houses vote as a monolithic bloc to support Israel and Deep State policies, and Rand Paul has always voted to support Israeli acts of atrocity in Gaza.
Rand Paul is America’s Tony Benn, a mock ‘liberal’ whose real job is to be a ‘pied piper’- that is to lead the ‘difficult’ section of the population down a complete dead end.
Operation False Hope is the general name given to the psy-ops Benn represented and Paul represents today. “see, the control system of your nation isn’t completely rotten- so you must continue to support it in the hope that one day someone like Paul will gain real power”. An ancient propaganda method.
Rand Paul and Tony Benn are cut from the same cloth as Hillary Clinton and Tony Blair. In the early 1960s it was Tony Benn, when minister, who covertly provided the Israelis with British Plutonium to kick start their nuclear weapons program. Yet the sheeple were told that Benn was an ‘anti-nuclear’ activist. How stupid they think you are.
The real story today is how Putin, for the umpteenth time, bent the knee and voted for the West’s anti-N Korean resolution at the UN. So now garment workers in N Korea are criminals if they try to sell their work abroad. Yet Putin has never sought sanctions against the vile racist state of Israel over its WMD programs, or complained when Germany gifted Isreal three submarines purposely designed to carry Israel’s nuclear missiles. But hey- don’t think about these facts when you can be congratulating Rand Paul for achieving absolutely nothing in Congress.
I agree in regards to voting for sanctions against NK. And isn’t Putin the one who said just a few days ago how sanctions against NK will not result in any change regarding NK commitment to its nuclear armament program?
Yes, let’s cripple the victim and reward the perpetrator !
Russia and China are saying the double freeze proposal is still on the table but the US rejected it out of hand last week calling it “insulting”.
The US has no incentive to want “peace” anywhere. It is profiting handsomely from weapons sales to SK and Japan and no matter what it does never faces any challenge or fear of being called out.
They are loving it and may thank Russia and China for their support of US policy as Trump did when the last set of sanctions were imposed.
Other than the dead-in-the-water double freeze proposal, Russia and China simply don’t know what to do. To be fair, how does the world reign in the US? Just how?
On the same day the UNSC was rushing to impose fresh sanctions the US was merrily bombing Iraq and Syria killing dozens of people ( routine activity for them) whilst busily building huge US military bases right on Russia’s doorstep on the Black Sea in Ukraine.
Largely unreported is the new sinister development that the sanctions now allow the US to interdict any vessel on the high seas it suspects of carrying “banned” items to North Korea.
The US can if it chooses and because of Russian/Chinese support at the UNSC now blockade North Korea.
“The document empowers countries to inspect vessels at sea, in case an embargo violation is suspected.” For “countries” read US.
http://tass.com/world/965066
“To be fair, how does the world reign in the US? Just how?”
This is a good question, and I will provide the answer.
Very simple. It’s up to the US Empire’s vassals to do it.
So the US threatens with war and South Korea & Japan buy
US overpriced military equipment. Lets look at this
from the Russian/Chinese perspective:
1) War on the Korean peninsula was averted. This works in their favor.
2) The US military equipment South Korea and Japan just bought
is outdated and not in enough quantity to endanger Russia/China.
This works in their favor too.
3) South Korea and Japan just spent their hard earned money and savings
to buy useless metal junk that most likely won’t be used in any conflict,
but by doing so they are missing the opportunity to invest that same money
to stay competitive in the upcoming multi-polar world, thus helping Russia/China
to strengthen their competitiveness/development much faster. This also works in
Russia’s/China’s favor.
4) Similarly, Germany can give in to US pressure and cancel Nord Stream 2 and
loose it’s competitiveness.
Germany, South Korea, Japan and all other vassal states are only hurting themselves
by following US diktat. What they should do collectively is to tell the US to F@ck off.
But will they do it?
A
Interesting perspective.
See also:
UN passes new sanctions on North Korea – rejects Trump’s oil embargo
http://theduran.com/un-passes-new-sanctions-north-korea-rejects-trumps-oil-embargo/
“While Donald Trump sought to place North Korea under a complete oil embargo, it was widely understood that China and Russia would veto such a measure as both countries are opposed to what Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called “strangling” the people of the DPRK with sanctions.
While some in the US media hypothesised that oil sanctions would starve North Korea of energy, in reality, North Korea is already extracting enough of its own domestic crude reserves to fit its current needs. It is further speculated that it would not be difficult, even with existing equipment and new domestically built extraction devices, for North Korea to extract even more of its largely untapped oil reserves.
The compromise resolution caps North Korea’s refined oil imports at 2 million barrels while freezing exports of crude at their current levels.”
ROK is a wealthy, prosperous country. It is not in their self interest to sacrifice this in order to be a pawn in israeloamerica’s strategy to destabilize the Korean peninsula to get at China and Russia. What the region needs is some time to cool down, then some serious negotiations by those parties interested in resolving the conflict, with “God’s special chosen and the exceptionals excluded. All the parties realise this, which is why israel’s trump regime is in overdrive trying to force ROK into a more aggressive mode. The israeloamericans may try and regime change ROK if they don’t go along.
Also this piece hypothetically looking at it from a DPRK perspective:
The Rationality of Kim Jong-un (and His Nukes)
https://dissidentvoice.org/2017/09/the-rationality-of-kim-jong-un-and-his-nukes/
“Kim Jong-un is not mad. Quite the contrary. He has pulled off a wholly rational feat. By producing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles capable of delivering them to U.S. territory, Pyongyang has obtained near-assurance that the U.S. will not attack it, in (yet another) attempt at regime change.
He knows his country’s history, and how the U.S. invasion from September 1950 leveled it and killed one-third of its people, while Douglas MacArthur considered using nuclear weapons on the peninsula. He knows how U.S. puppet Synghman Rhee, president of the U.S.-proclaimed “Republic of Korea,” having repeatedly threatened to invade the North, executed 100,000 South Koreans after the outbreak of war on the grounds that they were communist sympathizers who would aid the enemy. He loves Elizabeth Taylor movies but hates U.S. imperialism. There’s nothing crazy about that.
Fourteen months into his tenure, Jong-un invited Dennis Rodman, a member of the U.S. Basketball Hall of Fame, to Pyongyang for the first of what have now been five visits. He is a huge basketball fan, an aficionado of U.S. popular culture, a child of rock ‘n roll. He is also rationally aware of the threat the U.S. poses to his country (among many countries). So his strategy has been to sprint towards nukes while he can. Perhaps he thought that since the Trump administration was (and is) in such disarray, no violent response (such as an attack on the Yongbyon nuclear complex) was likely. But it was risky; the U.S. president is, after all, unstable and ignorant. He has asked his advisors repeatedly, why can’t we use nukes since we have them?
The fact is, Mattis, Tillerson and McMaster have been presented with a nuclear fait accompli to which they must respond, in a period of diminishing U.S. influence and relative economic decline. They cannot do it by dropping a MOAB bomb (like they did in Afghanistan in April) or a missile strike on a base (like they did in Syria the same month, to display their manhood). Jong-un has insured that.
If Jong-un plays his cards right, he will get international recognition for the DPRK as a nuclear power—the same degree of recognition afforded other non-NPT signatories like India, Pakistan and Israel. The U.S. will have to defer to Chinese and Russian sobriety and abandon hollow threatening rhetoric. It will have to back down, as it did in the Korean War, when it realized it could not conquer the North and reunify Korea on Washington’s terms and had to accept the continued existence of the DPRK.
In return for tension-reducing measures by the U.S. and the South, and the establishment of diplomatic and trade ties, Pyongyang will suspend its nuclear weapons program, content with and proud of what it has accomplished. It is the only way.
Negotiations on the basis of mutual respect and historical consciousness are the only solution.”
Good points, but let’s just look at this more closely.
The sanctions on North Korea are cruel, outrageous and totally futile
Why?
Because there is nothing NK can do to avoid them. Nothing.
If the sanctions had been intended to pressure NK into agreeing to talks that might have been justifiable but NK has always been seeking meaningful talks.
Let’s just imagine for a moment that in order to “give diplomacy a chance” North Korea volunteered to freeze all nuclear testing for six months.
What would happen?
Would the colossal US/SK military drills and rehearsals for invasion stop?
No, they would not.
Would the massive re-arming and militarisation of SK and Japan stop?
No, it would not.
Would the sanctions be lifted?
No they would not
So, in a nutshell, there is nothing North Korea can do to de-escalate the situation. The sanctions are a crime against this nation and achieve nothing.
Russia and China have made a huge mistake here for several reasons.
a) Whilst it is very easy to go along with the malevolence of the US and impose sanctions, there is no way to unwind them. (short of a unanimous UNSC vote which will never happen) no matter what North Korea might do.
b) If, on observing the self imposed hypothetical “missile testing freeze” by NK, Russia and China were minded to reward this move by increasing trade or investment with NKthey cannot do so by virtue of the very sanctions which they themselves voted for. They have been totally boxed in by the US. c) The intransigent party is the US. Russia and China are refusing to face this fact.
Yes. they can’t “force” America do anything it doesn’t want to but waging economic war on the victim of US aggression is not a sane alternative and certainly not a moral one.
The US seeks surrender of NK so as to further threaten China/Russia and impose a private Rothschild central bank.
d) The double freeze proposal was killed dead by the US in one word “insulting” even before the UN “debate” and although Russia/China are saying it is still on the table they are only trying to save face and know it won’t even be considered.
They are also saying that they managed to water down the sanctions as if NK should be grateful.
(Would I be grateful if some maniac in trying to kill me with a gun decided instead to merely blow my leg off? )
d) As I have tried to show, nothing NK does has any effect on US threats. In fact on RT today
(13 Sep) Trump is filmed dismissing the sanctions and saying they ” are nothing compared to what is coming”
North Korean people facing a winter on fuel rationing and textile workers seeing their industry destroyed will quite understandably view this UNSC farce as a globalist gang-up by the powerful countries against a small country.
What is needed here is a meaningful peace treaty. Are any measures being considered against the US for it’s refusal to negotiate? No. Never.
I have read voluminous articles about North Korea mostly consisting usually of nothing more intelligent than moron level insults and demonization of the leader – as we have seen with Milosevic, Saddam, Ghaddafi, Rouhani, Assad, Maduro, and Putin.
But I have never seen one single article suggesting what North Korera should actually do to reduce tensions and bring peace.
So I would urge anyone tempted to comment about the Korean situation to first of all attempt to answer the question: What should North Korea do? And if they can’t do anything why is economic war being waged on them?
if I was granted one question to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin it would be:
What should North Korea do?
I guarantee he would not have an answer because even if he said “Stop testing nuclear missiles” the question then becomes:
And what would that achieve from the North Korean point of view of their security?
And even if they did agree to a six month freeze what would the situation be at the end of the six months? The situation would be an even more heavily armed SK and Japan and even less security for North Korea as I have tried to show.
North Korea’s military however may well be advising their government that the only security they will ever get is when they have developed ICBMs that can hit continental USA – the same as Russia has and just tested this week.
That will stop US aggression.
No one anywhere has made one positive suggestion as to what NK should do – short of surrender to the west.
Russia and China, both of whom need peace in East Asia whilst America is far away and “safe” must both be asking themselves –
“Now what?”
Yes, I agree vot tak, but South Korea’s options are – either
1) buy the American equipment (which is actually paying the bully
extortion money, but as we know, the bully doesn’t stop, he will ask for
even more money) and loose the current competitiveness, which
leads to a lower standard for South Korean citizens, and that could lead
to unrests/riots/civil disorder, basically worsening the situation overall, and
SK would follow the US down the drain
or
2) tell the US to f@ck off, with finesse of course, and take any hit that the US will throw
at them as punishment.
The South Korean leadership should use citizen movements against the US.
For instance, they shouldn’t prevent its citizen from protesting the THAAD missile system.
They should covertly support it, even boost it, and then covertly remove the cops guarding
US installations, so that the protesters can enter, basically occupying them. Then the leadership should go on TV and proclaim, the US has to leave South Korea because it is the will of the people – democracy 101 and so on. What is the US to do in that case? Nothing, but leave butt-hurt.
Same advice for Japan.
Reasonably good article describing what a hopeless puppet Moon of South Korea is –
“Since parts one and two of this article were published on 15 August (by a cruel irony the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonialism), events have moved rapidly and decisively to confirm that Moon Jae-in’s failure to seek autonomy from American dominance and his enthusiastic embrace of the client status manifested in the US-SK alliance is pushing his country, the peninsula and perhaps the world deeper into danger.”
“Moon’s statements demonstrated and deepened the predicament into which his failure to distance himself from the US has brought him and his country. He is reduced to waving the American flag more vigorously than the Americans themselves and to no avail.”
The Japanese are just as bad –
“Making use of a perceived threat from North Korean IRBMs and ICBMs makes sense for Abe because it furthers his aim of remilitarisation”
http://www.zoominkorea.org/a-korean-tragedy-part-3/
Germany, South Korea, Japan, or Europe in general are American *crime* partners.
These nations have all participated in the USA’s wars of aggression against or colonial occupations of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and other nations.
Germany, Japan, and South Korea will not “rebel” from the United States because their own economy and geopolitical power are based upon participating, supporting, and backing the American Empire. They are essentially regional imperialist powers in the USA’s global dictatorship.
Looking to the Germans, South Koreans, or Japanese for “help” is insane and suicidal.
Ultimately, resistance must come directly from those nations threatened by America or its “Free World” crime partners
Nothing else.
While I agree with the first part of the comment – those countries being
willing crime partners *BEFORE*, the second part I cannot agree with.
Noone is looking for help from the “participating” vassal states (G, SK, JP)
They themselves are *NOW* in danger being dragged down the drain along side the US.
They are in the US cross-hairs.
Germany is overrun by refugees (thanks to Soros/CIA), which can turn into civil war if the situation is mishandled. Germany is asked to cut her (gas) lifeline by canceling NordStream 2 – say Aufwiedersehen to the German industry.
South Korea and Seoul are first targets in any new Korean conflict. Worried about exploding Samsung Galaxy Note smartphones? Worry about exploding buildings and people’s heads!
And concerning Japan, between F@ck-up-schima, their falling demographics, and infinite
printing of Yen, they are already gone. Write them off.
I have generally thought that the Chinese and Russian approach to the UN vis-a-vis NK has been at least reasonable. Every time the US gets its panties in a wad, and starts threatening outright war, defuse the situation by agreeing to further sanctions which have been watered down to the point they don’t have a huge impact on NK. They thereby demonstrate to the diplomatic world that they are not against UN action when there is a legitimate reason (as opposed to actions proposed against, for example, Syria for fabricated reasons); they take wind from the sails of the US’s “force is the only option” rhetoric; and it actually is a bit of a nudge to NK that they are, in fact, not happy with the “style” as opposed to the substance of NK’s stance in defense of it’s sovereignty. After all, if there’s real war, China and likely Russia know odds are quite high that they will be sucked in, or at least suffer a very high cost.
That being said, this last batch I disagree with, although for a different reason. The US has been so stunningly rude and boorish with China and Russia, in particular, violating the very rules of diplomatic conduct expected of grown-up nations. To promptly cooperate with the US on ANYTHING diplomatic, even when they might otherwise have done so for the above reasons, sends a terrible signal. The US MUST be shown consequences for acting not just poorly diplomatically, but completely outside diplomatic acceptability. The only option is for both Russia and China to state categorically that they cannot cooperate with, and in fact will block, any action by the US on every issue whatsoever, pending a very public apology and offering by the US. They won’t, but I think they’re missing a large “teaching opportunity” here.
ISIS is defeated. I hope the US military on the ground will not do anything foolish, like trying to grab those Syrian oil fields, as this will not find any backing in the world.
They won’t call it that. They will say their stooges of the SDF are the ones doing the “liberating”. As for the opinion of the world. Have I missed something. When has that opinion been important to them. Especially when they can claim its someone else doing the “deed” and not they themselves.As long as they have plenty of willing stooges they can pay off.They are more than happy.
SAA should cross over Euphrates river from Deir ez-Zor city decisively! Any hesitation will be a BIG mistake! This brave action will determine Syria’s future, so makes no mistake, and march on!
SAA have already crossed the Euphrates, according to reliable military analyst at SyrPer. One of the great epic battles of history unrolling before our eyes. The first, decisive Check! to the Empire of Organized Chaos. The first move towards a return to the Rule of Law in international relations.
Hi
Can someone tell me why Russia has sold the S400 to Turkey?
I cannot believe this
1. Turkey actively supported the destruction of Syria
2. Shot down a Russian plane
3. Is in NATO
4. History of backstabbing
5. The promotion of jihad and negative influence in the Stans and Caucasus
How can any of this be in Russia interests
I am baffled
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow and Ankara reached an agreement on the delivery of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Turkey and signed a contract, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) said in a statement Tuesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier Tuesday that Ankara had made the first payment for Russian S-400 systems.
“The parties reached agreements on the delivery of the S-400 and signed a contract, Russia is ready to implement it,
“The priority right to comment on the contract belongs to the foreign customer. It must be stressed that the delivery of this system to Turkey meets the geopolitical interests of the Russian Federation,”
It is in Russia’s interest because countries which buy Russian equipment become closer to Russian sphere. Along with the equipment they become dependent on Russian technical support/ maintenance and advisers. Along with whatever funny bugs may have been implanted in the equipment just in case.
All your premises were false:
1. *supported* but not any more (past tense)
2. the NATO leaning part of the Turkish government/army did this crime.
They are being arrested and excluded from power after the coup.
3. only on paper
4. not this time anymore, Turkey is turning her back to the West for good. Hello SCO!
5. That would be US/UK/Saudi Arabia not Turkey.
It’s a Russian gamble (partially a bribe) and it’s all about Syria, Kurds and NATO. If there’s something else then Putin made a foolish decision, otherwise it would mean that there’s nothing special about S-400 system.
Perhaps the Turks finally woke up to the very real threat of the Oded Yinon/New Middle East plans to partition ALL the Middle East according to Zionist wet dreams?
If a nobody like me is now aware of these longstanding Zionist goals in the Middle East then surely the Turks must know about ’em? :D
Anglo-Zionism or anglo-Zionism or just plain old Zionism (whatever term suits) is now exposed to the world as the real driving force behind the military madness of the US and its slavering neocons. The game is up; they just don’t know it yet.
very interesting article re
“SYRIA: UN Agencies’ Systematic Campaign of Disinformation May Constitute War Crime
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 BY 21WIRE ”
http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/09/11/syria-un-agenciessystematic-campaign-disinformation-may-constitute-war-crime/
latest re Astana
http://tass.com/world/965327
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201709131057341829-idlib-safe-zone-astana-talks/
interesting
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/09/shoygu-meets-al-assad-cooperation.html
relationship to get even stronger
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wow
“Kadyrov Foundation donates $14 mln for rebuilding Great Mosque of Aleppo
More:
http://tass.com/society/965306
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VERY interesting stop those Israeli’s?
“Lebanon plans to establish military cooperation with Russia
Military & Defense September 12, 16:38 UTC+3
The Lebanese PM says the country is re-equipping its army
More:
http://tass.com/defense/965202
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The pindos have no intention of leaving Syria in peace – they are increasing smuggled arms to takfiri mercenaries in that nation:
from Zerohedge –
Bombshell Report Catches Pentagon Falsifying Paperwork For Weapons Transfers To Syrian Rebels
” The arms transfers are massive and the program looks to continue for years. According to Foreign Policy’s (FP) coverage of the report:
The Department of Defense has budgeted $584 million specifically for this Syrian operation for the financial years 2017 and 2018, and has earmarked another $900 million of spending on Soviet-style munitions between now and 2022. The total, $2.2 billion, likely understates the flow of weapons to Syrian rebels in the coming years.’
And Ukraine is involved as a middle man.