Russia's and Assad's War Crimes in Syria

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THGRRI

Friday, March 18, 2016 4:36 AM

Putin leaving Syria as quickly as possible and tries to put a good spin on it.

Russian Air Force: Syria withdrawal to be complete in 3 days

"There is no more efficient way of training than real combat," he said, adding that the military action in Syria allowed the Russian armed forces to test its long-range cruise missiles and other new weapons in real action for the first time."

I guess the rest of the world can stop shaking in it's boots and resume flights over Syria again. I imagine the United States will resume flights as soon as they feel it is safe and won't upset Russia.

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/world/russian-air-force-syria-withdrawal-
to-be-complete-in-3-days

KPO

Friday, March 18, 2016 6:03 AM

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
Putin leaving Syria as quickly as possible and tries to put a good spin on it.

Russian Air Force: Syria withdrawal to be complete in 3 days

Let's remind ourselves what Signy was predicting about the Russian intervention back in October:

Signy:

"I'm not a military analyst, but my view is that as long as the USA sits out the situation in Syria, the terrorists will be mopped up in Syria and Iraq in about 6 months."

"According to Russia, it will take bout 6 months. I'll let you know when the thanks become appropriate. At that point, you probably should, because it will be no thanks to the USA, France, or NATO when that day comes."

THGRRI

Friday, March 18, 2016 7:59 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by kpo:
Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:
Putin leaving Syria as quickly as possible and tries to put a good spin on it.

Russian Air Force: Syria withdrawal to be complete in 3 days

Let's remind ourselves what Signy was predicting about the Russian intervention back in October:

Signy:

"I'm not a military analyst, but my view is that as long as the USA sits out the situation in Syria, the terrorists will be mopped up in Syria and Iraq in about 6 months."

"According to Russia, it will take bout 6 months. I'll let you know when the thanks become appropriate. At that point, you probably should, because it will be no thanks to the USA, France, or NATO when that day comes."

Yep, pretty self damning the way she wets herself when praising Putin. We can be assured the victory spin is on the way.

Below I quote my first post on this thread.

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THGRRI

Russia can not afford a protracted campaign in Syria. Especially since they are expending resources in the Ukraine as well. Their strategy is to inflict as much pain as quickly as they can, to influence their position in negotiations.

What do you think SIG. Who called it right?

THGRRI

Friday, March 18, 2016 7:40 PM

I'm still waiting for SIG to give us the go ahead to thank Putin for fixing Syria. I have my clapping emoticon and profound thank you Putin post ready to go.

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SIG

'll let you know when the thanks become appropriate. At that point, you probably should, because it will be no thanks to the USA, France, or NATO when that day comes."

THGRRI

Friday, March 18, 2016 10:19 PM

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SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

IN that pointless thread about Russian and Assad's war crime in Syria, KPO tries to spin even a Russian withdrawal as a "war crime".

And the three stooges go on to try and play Russia's withdrawal as a defeat, when it was Russians THEMSELVES who said they would be in Syria for about six months.

And guess what? From the beginning of October thru mid-March: Six months and change.

Top Russian officials, including Putin and Lavrov, have been saying since before the beginning of their assistance to Assad that the only final solution to Syria as a political solution. Universal, secret, multiparty elections in Syria have been proposed and re-proposed, since 2012, only the have them rejected by the United States.

So, what is the military situation? Yes, ISIL in on the run: with their trade routes blocked and oil infrastructure bombed, the terrorist mercenaries are looking at their vastly reduced paychecks and sending in 11-year-olds to do the fighting for them while they prepare fake passports. But Aleppo hasn't been fully freed and Raqqa is still in jihadist hands.

So my guess is that it's not the "military" objectives that Putin has fulfilled, but the political ones: Peace talks are going on in Geneva, The USA is on board with peace, and the Saudis, Turks, and Qataris have had their nose bloodied and seen their project being fought to a standstill with a minor fraction of Russian airforces and nearly no ground troops.

So let's see what happens. With most side of the proxy war agreeing to step out, maybe peace will break out in Syria.

Definitely in character for SIG to claim the Wests victories against DASH as Putin's. The whole world knows Putin bombed everybody but Dash.

KPO

Saturday, March 19, 2016 1:11 AM

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
I'm still waiting for SIG to give us the go ahead to thank Putin for fixing Syria. I have my clapping emoticon and profound thank you Putin post ready to go.

And Iraq!

THGRRI

Saturday, March 19, 2016 3:18 AM

KPO

Saturday, March 19, 2016 5:36 AM

UN: Assad and IS still starving people, civilians in besieged areas eating grass to survive - http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-daraya-idukkcn0w
k1us?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=56ec6d8004d30152e39f810a&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

KPO

Monday, March 21, 2016 9:14 PM

Syrian Christian tells the story of Assad's siege against Daraya - https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/09/the-syrian-revolution-is-not-a-ho
ly-war/

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Before the uprising, Daraya was a sleepy middle-class suburb for Damascus residents. By 2011, it had become an epicenter of peaceful protests, as thousands marched in the streets calling for Assad to step down from power. As a member of the Syrian Christian community, I was overwhelmed with excitement to join this grassroots people’s movement that called for democracy, freedom and rights for all Syrians, no matter our differences.

Syrians were united then. The church bells rang in Daraya in solidarity with the protesters. From their balconies in the narrow streets, Syrian Christians showered protesters below with rice and flowers. They marched hand in hand.

A holy war, this was not.

By 2012, the Assad regime intensified its armed crackdown against the unarmed protesters in Daraya. A terrible massacre occurred there on Aug. 24, 2012, as Assad’s regime sent troops, secret police, and members of the elite 4th Division to prevent residents from fleeing the city by any means necessary. Families were executed in their homes, whole buildings of women and children were machine-gunned in the streets, and residents were even decapitated — long before the so-called Islamic State even existed.

The state-run media launched an aggressive propaganda campaign claiming Muslims were massacring Christians, aiming to stoke fear of the opposition in the Christian community. As regime soldiers went door to door, searching for people to murder, it was the Christian community of Daraya that opened theirs to protect those fleeing the atrocities. One Catholic church treated the injured and prepared food for them.

Assad attempted to break Daraya with chemical weapons in 2013, launching a horrific sarin gas attack that killed over 1,000 across the Damascus suburbs — many were children still in their pajamas when the nighttime attack happened. Images of asphyxiated children lined up on the ground are etched in our memories of that night. The international community was on the verge of holding Assad accountable for that atrocity, but the Russians intervened at the eleventh hour with a negotiated settlement. Before the ink was dry, Assad instituted a brutal starvation siege upon Daraya and neighboring Moadamiya...

We all know how things progressed from here...

KPO

Thursday, March 24, 2016 5:46 AM

What Russia achieved in Syria - bombing of anti-Assad rebels, ISIS (not so much) and war crimes - a good summary:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/18/world/middleeast/what-ru
ssia-accomplished-in-syria.html?_r=0

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