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Russian Military into Syria to Fight ISIS? Here’s What’s Really Going on…
http://www.hangthebankers.com/
Over the past 48 hours or so, we’ve seen what certainly appears to be visual confirmation of a non-negligible Russian military presence in Syria.
For anyone coming to the story late, overt Russian involvement would seem to suggest that the geopolitical “main event” (so to speak), may be closer than anyone imagined.
Russia’s excuse for being in Syria is the same as everyone else’s: they’re there, ostensibly, to fight ISIS.
As we mentioned yesterday, and as we’ve detailed exhaustively as it relates to Turkey, the fact that ISIS has become a kind of catch-all, go-to excuse for legitimizing whatever one feels like doing is a dangerous precedent and Turkey’s crackdown on the Kurds proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Islamic State will serve as a smokescreen for more than just the preservation/ouster (depending on which side you’re on) of Bashar al-Assad.
Having said all of that, going into the weekend Russia had yet to confirm publicly that it had commenced military operations in Syria despite the fact that it’s the next closest thing to common knowledge that at the very least, the Kremlin has provided logistical support and technical assistance for a period that probably spans two or more years.
But on Friday, Vladimir Putin looks to have confirmed the scope of Russia’s military role, even if he stopped short of admitting that Russian troops are engaged in combat. Here’s The Telegraph:
And while the highlighted passage there is actually impossible to prove given that the term “depth” is subjective, it certainly does appear that Putin is now willing to concede that support for Assad goes far beyond “political”. Here’s AFP as well:
“To say we’re ready to do this today — so far it’s premature to talk about this. But we are already giving Syria quite serious help with equipment and training soldiers, with our weapons,” RIA Novosti state news agency quoted Putin as saying.
And back to The Telegraph briefly:
Last week Syrian state television released images showing an advanced Russian-built armoured personnel carrier, the BTR-82a, in combat. Videos have also appeared in which troops engaged in combat appear to shout instructions to one another in Russian.
Of course whether or not the troops Russia has on the ground were sent to Syria with explicit orders to join the fighting is largely irrelevant when the bullets start flying. As Pavel Felgenhaeur, an independent commentator on Russian military affairs told The Telegraph, “it was quite conceivable that members of the advisory mission occasionally found themselves in combat or had even suffered casualties.”
So in other words, they’re at war, and even as Putin is now willing to admit, with a two year (at least) lag, that Russian boots are indeed on the ground, it may be a while before he admits to their role in direct combat and if Ukraine is any guide, he might never acknowledge the extent of Russia’s involvement. But make no mistake, the Russian presence has nothing to do with the “threat” ISIS poses to the world and everything to do with ensuring that Assad’s forces can fight on – at least for now.
The absurd thing about the whole effort is that ISIS itself is now just cannon fodder both for Russia and for the US led coalition flying missions from Incirlik that Turkey has suggested may soon include Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Jordan. Even more ridiculous is the fact that since none of this has anything to do with eradicating ISIS in the first place, the bombing of ISIS targets by the US, Turkey, and Russia doesn’t really serve much of a purpose at all.
That is, everyone’s just biding time to see how far the other side is willing to go in support of their vision for Syria’s political future – a political future which, as we noted yesterday, almost certainly will not be decided at the ballot box, that is unless it’s after US Marines have stormed Damascus at which point the US will benevolently allow whatever civilians are still alive in Syria to choose between two puppet leaders vetted and supported by Washington.
And lest anyone should forget what this is all about…
http://www.hangthebankers.com/
Source: http://www.hangthebankers.com/russian-military-syria-fight-isis/
Actually Vladimir Putin admitted the use of GRU intelligence in Eastern Ukraine in 2014 where the Provinces had their defenses shored up by Russian Chechen volunteers, the Chechen’s are still fighting a war against the Ukrainian far right from the 1990′s where for some ‘unknown’ reason Ultra Nationalists ( UNA-UNSO) in Ukraine found themselves with funding and weaponry and decided to fight for ‘Islamic extremists’ in that region of Russia engaging in the sort of atrocities attributed to ISIS today culminating in the siege of a school while raping children and a theater siege.
Saudi Arabia funded the Whabbist madrassahs in Chechenia which were the source of the Islamic insurgency not coincidentally ISIS in northern Iraq, Israel – well lets call it its real name Khazaria actually has supplied unlimited arms to the Ukraine (http://m.strategic-culture.org/news/2014/12/03/israel-secret-plan-for-second-israel-in-ukraine.html)
Russia has had some involvement with Syria since 2014 with the mutual defense treaty with Iran which allowed it land access and a stable ally against Saudi Arabia, this is limited not because it wishes it, but because there is no air bridge, and Turkey has constantly demanded an AIR exclusion zone over Syria and Iraq which would stop Iran, Russia and Syria operating.
The battle lines are very much drawn. However Russia is not ensuring ‘Syria can fight on’ – it is a nation with 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees, embargoes, an economy to update after recovering from the 1990′s and of course sponsored insurgencies in the Donbass, these were successfully countered by currently serving officers which is why GRU seems to have done so well stopping the Ukranian Junta and if credible in Syria.
You are way off with this. Russia as a vital interest in what happens to to Syria because this is all about GAS. Qatar and Saudi’s what to deliver GAS to Europe and cut Russia’s dominance in Europe. The only way to for them is through Syria, but Syria will not allow them. If this happens, then Russia is got a big problem.
Well the only problem with pipeline wars is pipelines need stable countries to work. Same as any infrastructure which is valuable and covers long distances out of sight and mind, it tends to be looted.
Would have worked only If Saddam and Assad had been left entirely alone and in charge getting their ‘tax’.
Its a test for UFO weaponry.
Many test subjects over there to do orangutan Bigfoot octopus on them.
Eat More GMO
It isn’t the 1960s anymore. The good guys, and the bad guys may not be who you think. Do not believe everything the idiots on TV tell you to believe. Nothing makes sense, unless you know enough history to put things into perspective.
You’ve got that right!!! So Putin has sent Russian troops to Syria to fight the Saudi/American supported Isis murderers and its a well-known fact that Russian troops are here in the U.S. training to disarm/kill American citizens. How in the HELL does one figure THAT out?!!! Any ideas??
Those with EYES….SEE.
“So in other words, they’re at war, and even as Putin is now willing to admit, with a two year (at least) lag, that Russian boots are indeed on the ground”
Thats speculation and Russia, like the USA never said it did not provide advisers but if boots were on the dround then dead Russians would had been shown in the MSM and i am yet to see any.
Our media takes it in turns to speculate and feed us propaganda by quoting each other and often the source turns out to be “Under Cover” or a quote from a tweet or web-sites that no one has ever seen.
Mr Putin speaks in plain english, no spin and if he wanted to say Russia was sending 20,000 men, guns and tanks to help Syria then he would say that IMHO.
Whats becoming clear is that ISIS is our bitch and grew from the FSA who we gave guns too and now Turkey uses to kull the kurds so I hope Russia does go after them and then lets see who’s been telling pork pies in our media who played along with the WMD lies from Blair and now they want to kill off the Chilcot report.
Far to much news footage on ISIS was made in Hollywood