Stratford57
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Putin has proved, considering how Ukraine has been treated (remember the Crimea annexation ?) to be a leader with thinking dangerously akin to the old Soviet model. Grab foreign territory. Bluster and reject the smallest criticism of it. We cannot trust this nutter.
Ok, so, Russia has had (and will have) its role in defeating ISIS (though Russia preferred to play politics in favouring Syria's leader, so was less than coherently selective in targeting ISIS specifically). Greater international cooperation would make sense in defeating them ... yes. But if we place trust in Russia, we must be nuts ....
Grab foreign territory? Pffffffffft. Crimea was and always will be Russian. Their decision to separate from the American and EU backed Nazis in Kiev was a wise one. Next up, Russia's roll in defeating ISIS had nothing to do with politics but with self preservation. Chechen terrorists pledged allegiance to ISIS and many Chechen jihadists are fighting with ISIS as we speak.
As a matter of fact ISIS key commander who led the invasion of Iraq is Chechen. So Putin who was tired of the "snowflake" approach to dealing with ISIS went balls to the walls to rid Syria of the monsters we allowed to exist in the hopes that they would overthrow Assad.
Russia and Putin have real skin in this game. As compared to the west who would still want Assad gone and the Muslim Brotherhood to be installed.
Now to Assad, Russia and Syria have been since last century allies. Along with Iran. Of course he backed Assad.
And if you want to do some reading and understand why Putin jumped into the war against ISIS, here's a great article.
ISIS opens a new front on Europe's doorstep: Chechan jihadi group with 'up to 15,000' fighters pledge allegiance to terror horde
ISIS opens a new front on Putin's doorstep
- Leader of terror group known as Caucuses Emirate declared loyalty to ISIS
- 'We need to unite... so we can cut off the heads of the infidels,' he has said
- Group operates in Russian republics of Chechnya, Daghestan, Ingushetia
- It has killed hundreds in deadly terror attacks on Russian soil since 2007
- Eight million already live in ISIS territory across MIddle East, north Africa
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! Saved me from having to explain that to the idiots here. The only thing you left out was George Soros's role in the coup de 'etat of Ukraine....nicely done.
George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Stratfor:
This speech came after another interesting interview where he admits that the overthrow of Yanukovych was "the most blatant coup in history" and among other things the American "payback" for Russian involvement in Syria.
· The primordial interest of the United States for centuries (WWI, WWII and the Cold War) has been to stop a coalition between Germany and Russia.
- Germany is in very peculiar position and they have a very complex relationship with Russians.
- The Germans themselves don't know what to do and haven't made up their mind.
- For the US, the primordial fear is German capital and technology and Russian natural resources and manpower. This combination for centuries has scared the United States.
So, basically what Friedman said was: " the coup in Ukraine was all about business, nothing personal."
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