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1KIKI

Sunday, March 13, 2016 1:23 PM

You noticed that too?

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SIGNYM

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 12:07 AM

Since THUGR has no interest in what Russia has to say, I'm sure this will be of no interest to him.

Putin orders start of Russian forces' withdrawal from Syria

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was instructing his armed forces to start pulling out of Syria, over five months after he ordered the launch of a military operation that shored up his ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Putin, at a meeting in the Kremlin with his defense and foreign ministers, said Russian military forces in Syria had largely fulfilled their objectives and ordered an intensification of Russia's diplomatic efforts to broker a peace deal in the country.

But the Russian leader signaled Moscow would keep a military presence: he did not give a deadline for the completion of the withdrawal and said Russian forces would stay on at the port of Tartous and at the Hmeymim airbase in Syria's Latakia province.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin had telephoned Assad to inform him of the Russian decision. The move was announced on the day United Nations-brokered talks between the warring sides in Syria resumed in Geneva.

"The effective work of our military created the conditions for the start of the peace process," Putin said.

"I believe that the task put before the defense ministry and Russian armed forces has, on the whole, been fulfilled. With the participation of the Russian military... the Syrian armed forces and patriotic Syrian forces have been able to achieve a fundamental turnaround in the fight against international terrorism and have taken the initiative in almost all respects," Putin said.

"I am therefore ordering the defense minister, from tomorrow, to start the withdrawal of the main part of our military contingent from the Syrian Arab Republic."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-pullout-
idUSKCN0WG23C

Putin orders start of Russian military withdrawal from Syria, says ‘objectives achieved’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu to start the withdrawal of forces from Syria starting Tuesday.

“I consider the objectives that have been set for the Defense Ministry to be generally accomplished. That is why I order to start withdrawal of the main part of our military group from the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic starting from tomorrow,” Putin said on Monday during a meeting with Shoigu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Moscow launched its anti-terror campaign in Syria on September 30 last year. Russia’s participation in the operation, according to a previous statement by Putin, has its basis in international law and has been conducted “in accordance with an official request from the president of the Syrian Arab Republic [Bashar Assad].”

The Russian Air Force has been carrying out airstrikes against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and other terrorist targets in the region, eliminating military equipment, communication centers, vehicles, arms and fuel depots.

At Moscow's initiative, a phone conversation between Vladimir Putin and Syria's President Bashar Assad was held on Monday evening, the Kremlin reported.

The two leaders agreed that the actions of Russia's Air Force in Syria have allowed them to "profoundly reverse the situation" in connection to fighting terrorists in the region, having "disorganized militants' infrastructure and inflicted fundamental damage upon them."

https://www.rt.com/news/335554-putin-orders-syria-withdrawal/

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You can't build a nation with bombs. You can't create a society with guns.

THGRRI

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 1:28 AM

Vladimir Putin Orders Russian Military Pullout From Syria

"Russian strongman Vladimir Putin declared mission accomplished Monday and said he is withdrawing his troops from war-torn Syria now that peace talks are underway."

Yeah, thank god for Putin SIG. He'll clean up Syria in a couple months.

I told you he'd probable shit himself when he saw all the protesters come out during the ceasefire. He knew then his mission there was unattainable. See comrade Putin run.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/vladimir-putin-orders-russian-milita
ry-pullout-syria-n538041

1KIKI

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 3:20 AM

"I told you he'd probable (sic) shit himself when he saw all the protesters come out during the ceasefire."

You mean the protests in ISIS-controlled areas?

You must really like ISIS.

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SIGNYM

Friday, March 18, 2016 9:49 PM

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: Somewhat less than six months.

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.

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You can't build a nation with bombs. You can't create a society with guns.

KPO

Saturday, March 19, 2016 1:10 AM

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KPO tries to spin even a Russian withdrawal as a "war crime".

Is this dumb-assery on your part, or just lies?

KPO

Saturday, March 19, 2016 1:58 AM

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But Aleppo hasn't been fully freed

Anti Assad protests continue in "un-free" Aleppo -

Apparently people in Aleppo don't want to be liberated by Putin's/Assad's bombs?

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and Raqqa is still in jihadist hands.

No shit, maybe Russia should try bombing ISIS instead of the anti-Assad rebels and civilians in rebel-held towns, which they are STILL doing.

SIGNYM

Saturday, March 19, 2016 10:48 PM

Where are the women in those anti-Assad protests? Are they in burkas, at home?

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You can't build a nation with bombs. You can't create a society with guns.

SIGNYM

Saturday, March 19, 2016 10:57 PM

Originally posted in the Hillary thread, I removed it from there to here, where it's more germane. I thought this was funny...

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Our source has obtained these draft notes from the waste paper basket in the office of the Director, Spin Central, Western Main Stream Media Holdings.

ISSUE: Putin has recently announced a partial pullout from Syria and claimed success.

BACKGROUND: For months we have been saying that Putin's air force has been clusterbombing civilians, good moderate rebels, sand and hospitals; that Putin is getting bogged down; that it was turning into another Afghanistan; that he was lying when he said he was bombing terrorists; that all he was doing was propping up Assad. In short that it was a failure that could only grow worse. "Russia's Failed Adventure in Syria" by Con Coughlin, Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph is a typical example. Others are "Putin bogging down in Syria", "Russian army in Syria: A failure foretold" and "Putin Dare Not Send More Forces to Syria". These must now, as it were, be unspun in such a way that we do not look like fools [who were just speaking stenography to power -crossout].

PROBLEM: Many of our [dupes -punters -sheeple - crossout] citizens are in danger of forming the impression that Putin actually did what he said he would do, when he said he would do it and, having done it, is finished. Some are even going so far as to suggest Putin did us a service by attacking ISIS. Such an impression would directly threaten our [credibility- profits- crossout] freedoms and values.

SOLUTION: It is imperative that we develop a media campaign to [save our faces-crossout] regain the moral high ground. Consultations with our specialists have developed the following themes. The essence is that, while not a complete failure, Putin's war had a very limited and short-lived success. All writers are instructed to work these themes into their coverage.

* Putin attacked Syria to distract the population from the catastrophic economy. Nonstop videos of explosions on state-controlled TV had an initial effect which soon wore off. With the collapse of his popularity ratings [from 90% to 85%- crossout] he realised he had milked it for as much as he could and it was time for another diversion.

* The attack on Syria diverted attention from Putin's war in Ukraine. The pullout has successfully diverted attention from Putin's war in Syria.

* Putin's war has been countered by the successful diplomacy of President US President Obama and (insert the name of local stooge leader) which created the ceasefire and brought the warring parties to the negotiating table.

* Humorists can make the point that Putin has run out of Syrian hospitals and orphanages to bomb.

* Find "some expert" to "believe" that the cost of the intervention was ruinously high and that "probably" Putin's supporters told him to stop or they would dismiss him.

* Suggest there was a big argument with Assad and Putin left to punish him. "Some experts believe" is the way to introduce this story.

* Other departments will be trying to create a "Soldiers' Mothers Committee" to claim there were thousands of hidden casualties. Be ready to quote them.

* Don't forget to say that Putin claimed "mission accomplished" and that he promised to completely withdraw. This allows us to call him a liar if these things do not happen. In the meantime, anything short of 100% "accomplished" can be spun as failure.

Standard instructions continue as usual:

Scatter the expressions "barrel bombs", "troll factories", "hybrid war", "carpet bombing" and "weaponising" freely through your writings. But I don't think we can get away with "weaponising success" though.

Question the reliability of everything Putin says and observe that, while his motives a

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