US officials were predicting a Russian military failure in Syria within hours of the first airstrikes, and a month in, officials are already crowing that Russia, despite launching myriad airstrikes and have around 4,000 ground troops inside Syria, haven’t made “significant territorial gains” there.
Officials seem eager to mock Russia’s lack of progress in Syria, presenting it as vindication of their own predictions that Russia’s military wouldn’t sweep to victory in Syria, though the US has been launching airstrikes against the same targets in Syria for over a year, and doesn’t have much to show for it either.
When they first launched their war, Russian officials were predicting it would only last a matter of months, though they appeared to have backtracked from that almost immediately thereafter, conceding their goals were going to likely take a year or more to realize.
Either way, the US criticism undercuts their own shaky war strategy, for if the administration believes 4,000 Russian troops aren’t a difference maker, the recently announced plan to send 30-50 US troops to Syria is downright puzzling.
They never miss an opportunity to be hypocritical, now do they?
No they don't. The same Putin who claims to be upholding the legitimate government of Syria is arming and supplying what he claims are "rebels" against the legitimate government of Ukraine and threatening war if Ukraine uses force to drive the "rebels" out of its territory. There's truly no limit to the hypocrisy of politicians!
The legitimate democratically elected government of Ukraine, in the last nation-wide election, was overthrown by Western seed money, mobs and neo-nazi fascists. They tore up the agreement negotiated by all parties mid-coup, that the legally elected President agreed to. Namely, diminishing of Presidential powers, withdrawal of police forces, and early elections. The ink wasn't even dry when the mobs took advantage of the legal government's adherance to the withdrawal of police forces and stormed the government buildings prompting the fleeing of the last free democratically elected legal leader of Ukraine.
Oh you're one of those then who considers the ethnic Russians in East Ukraine equivalent to (foreign in Syria) terrorists like IS. That's some fine logic there…
So when we put boots on the ground in Syria that's OK, but when Russia puts boots on the ground thats not OK. Not only is it not OK but its not effectivve either unlike the last two years when the US has been merely pretending to fight ISIS and pretending there is some difference between 'moderate' syrian rebels and ISIS.
we are the good guys, you see, and they are the bad guys, you see. we have no alterior motives in what we do and our dear lears would never lie to you, would they now?
A state party never wins a war against an insurgency. That's why everybody except Putin and his American backers knew in advance that little Vlad's mighty hosts would get nowhere. The US has got nowhere in Afghanistan in 14 years and that was obvious to just about everybody from the start too. Israel has spent nearly 70 years trying to crush the Palestinians militarily and has also got nowhere. The British spent 30 years fighting the IRA in Northern Ireland (and over 800 years fighting the Irish in general!) and were able to bring the insurgency to an end by capitulating on everything short of formal independence. Did Batista beat Castro? Did Somosa beat the Sandinistas? Has the Farc been beaten in Colombia? Once an insurgency gets going, there's no way out but negotiation, if not out and out capitualtion. Essentially, you have to do what Kissinger did in Vietnam and for which he won the Nobel Peace Price: capitulate with as much grace as possible.
correct, but Syria is different. Different in a way that over 70% of the population support the legitimate government of Syria through democratic elections that the NATO Zionist don't agree with. Syria is NOT going through a civil war! How can there be a civil war when it's a bunch of foreign jihadist that are controlled by NATO and their Zionist handlers. There may be a few Syrian jihadist within the ranks of these terrorists, but do not represent ALL of Syria. Therefore, this so called insurgency WILL BE CRUSHED, no matter what the cost is.
And what ligitimate government does Ukraine have. The one that came in by a gun , rhe one that obama himself admits the US a foreign non slav power installed using 5 billion dollers to do it. Now come again?! You freind should keep out of discussions because you obviously have no idea what is happening around you even when your president tels you.