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The Russians are not prepared or able to put as many people and assets in Syria as we could. It is the other way around, we would be the ones putting the hurt on them. Syria is not Ukraine, they have an advantage there, in the Middle East we hold the advantage. Calling the bluff is the correct move here.
I hope you're right. The Russians have the Syrian army, Black Sea access, and very likely ground access to Syria. Afghanistan has had an alliance with Russia for decades. The USA has pissed off Turkey in the last couple of years. The USA has been hostile to Iran. Iraq is in some way still up for grabs. I wouldn't necessarily count on the Middle East backing the USA.
The US presence in Syria is "illegal"????? Why? And it's legal for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hizbullah and the Russians? It's legal for those bullies to help Assad murder hundreds of thousands of civilians?
I think I'm at least the fourth person in this thread to ask you why the US presence is illegal. You haven't responded but you sure talk up a lot of other gibberish.
Yes. gibberish. Like "the US Military openly helping ISIS". What's your evidence? That the US takes out an Assad warplane attacking US-friendly rebels? Oh, wait - that's right - all anti-Assad rebels are "terrorists". Yea, keep repeating the Assad-Iranian propaganda. Because that's all that you are - a propagandist. And not a very effective one. Learn some decent English. Are you in the US? or Iran?
We have approved nothing in Syria. The correct word is UnConstitutional.
We do not do that because the people will not accept it. It's why we simply drop bombs as opposed to sending in troops. When troops start coming home dead things here will get ugly.
Will some be able to point out the hypocrisy of those who refused to say anything when dumb ass Obama got us involved there in the first place? They will but American's coming home dead will get ugly.
We can't even defeat Afghanistan.
ISIS would like nothing better than for USA ground troops to enter Syria. They've wanted that for years.
Those commie pilost are not going to challenge US fighters. The ear of air combat is history. I don't think they will even fire SAMs. The whole rhetoric is nothing but games.
you may be right finn, the russians might just be sabre rattling, but it is a serious issue for american pilots since the threat has been put forth.
as for the era of air combat being history, not true. as long as there are pilots in fighter planes, you can bet there will be air combat from time to time. granted it wont be like world war two, korea, or vietnam, but air combat is still a reality.
We will get our asses kicked over there. We cant even defeat Afghanistan.
No we won't, but the cost will be staggering. A fight with the Russians would be more in your face battle lines drawn fight. Something both of our Military's are geared to fight. We have more and greater logistic capability to support such a fight. That said its a fight that doesn't need to happen nor should it be allowed to happen.
Well, let me just say that no law is above our Constitution.
Can you link me to any US constitution law, bill, article etc. showing that the US can help a terrorist organisation, organize regime change in a country that thousand miles away, kill civilians of that country etc.?
No we won't, but the cost will be staggering. A fight with the Russians would be more in your face battle lines drawn fight. Something both of our Military's are geared to fight. We have more and greater logistic capability to support such a fight. That said its a fight that doesn't need to happen nor should it be allowed to happen.
We can't win. It's impossible. We have no justification for being there. What do we win?
They have nothing to lose. We kill 50 of them and they kill 5 of ours and they win.
Do you really think that Russia doesn't have a strong military - that the USA maintained their military and Russia sat back and ate bonbons since 1991? I wouldn't count on it.
Would the Russians be so bold if they didn't smell weakness and indecision. If the Russians target one of our planes and there is some miscalculation, it could get serious.
You Trumpkins better wise up. Trump isn't Kennedy.
I really wish Pence was in charge right now.
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