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The Syria story: 2019

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Saturday, February 10, 2018 7:24 PM

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Open war has now essentially broken out between Israel and Syria. Israel confirms through its IDF spokesperson that it has carried out "a large scale attack" consisting of at least a dozen strikes on Syrian and Iranian military targets inside Syria.

What we previously described as Assad's strategic "waiting game" and reluctance to respond to repeat Israeli violations of Syrian airspace while launching unprovoked attacks appears to be over as Syrian air defense has shot down an Israeli F-16 fighter jet near the Golan border region in what is a major escalation in the conflict.

Though details remain murky and are still developing, Israel has confirmed that its F-16 jet has crashed in Israeli territory after it was struck carrying out operations targeting locations in Syria. The IDF spokesman quickly stated in a tweet confirming the shoot down that "Iran is responsible for this severe violation of Israeli sovereignty."

.... Beirut-based Al Masdar News reports that the incident occurred at approximately 6:30 A.M. Saturday morning (local time) and that the Israeli F-16 fighter was hit while flying within Syrian airspace near Damascus.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-10/israel-carries-out-large-sca
le-attack-syria-after-israeli-f-16-shot-down

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Saturday, February 10, 2018 7:51 PM

I read somewhere online that the Winter Olympics were actually moved up to make cover for this war - is that true?

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Saturday, February 10, 2018 7:56 PM

Not that I know of. I haven't heard of any schedule changes.

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Monday, February 12, 2018 10:40 AM

Israel says its airstrikes took out half of Syria's air defenses

And you mean to say Russia stood by and did nothing?


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Monday, February 12, 2018 11:42 AM

Netanyahu flew to Moscow to meet with Putin.




HAS IT NOT OCCURRED TO YOU BY NOW THAT IF YOU HAVE TO RESORT TO LOGICAL FALLACIES AND TROLLING YOUR SO-CALLED ARGUMENTS ARE LIES?

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Monday, February 12, 2018 8:40 PM

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
Netanyahu flew to Moscow to meet with Putin.




Bullshit, cites


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Monday, February 12, 2018 10:41 PM

Well, THUGR, according to those who keep track of such things, Netanyahu has met with Putin ELEVEN times!

Here are the results of a quick search on Netanyahu+Putin+meeting
Netanyahu visits Putin amid concerns about Russian involvement in Syria
September 21, 2015
https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/21/world/russia-israel-netanyahu-putin-mee
ting/index.html


Why Is Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Warming to Russia's Vladimir Putin?
June 7, 2016
http://www.newsweek.com/why-israels-netanyahu-warming-putin-467569

Netanyahu meets with Putin, raises red flags on Iran
March 09, 2017
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/03/09/netanyahu-meets-with-putin-rai
ses-red-flags-on-iran.html



Netanyahu after Putin meeting: Iran wants the ‘Lebanonization’ of Syria
August 23, 2017
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Netanyahu-after-Putin-meeti
ng-Iran-wants-the-Lebanonization-of-Syria-503218


Netanyahu & Putin to discuss better coordination on Syria & Iran in Moscow
28 Jan, 2018
https://www.rt.com/news/417221-netanyahu-putin-moscow-meeting/

I don't want to have to track down ALL of these meetings, but it's a constant event. Wow, they're met so many times you'd think that Netanyahu was "colluding" with Putin, or something!


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Monday, February 12, 2018 11:55 PM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Well, THUGR, according to those who keep track of such things, Netanyahu has met with Putin ELEVEN times!




1kiki just stated Netanyahu flew to Russia to speak with Putin. She did so in this thread which is meant to imply he just went. Again 1kiki, cites.

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 12:09 AM

Re-checked - it was a phone call.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-israel-putin/p
utin-urges-netanyahu-to-avoid-escalation-in-syria-ifax-idUSKBN1FU0Z6





HAS IT NOT OCCURRED TO YOU BY NOW THAT IF YOU HAVE TO RESORT TO LOGICAL FALLACIES AND TROLLING YOUR SO-CALLED ARGUMENTS ARE LIES?

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 12:18 AM

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
Re-checked - it was a phone call.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-israel-putin/p
utin-urges-netanyahu-to-avoid-escalation-in-syria-ifax-idUSKBN1FU0Z6





I consider the matter closed. A retraction is always honored. One never knows when one will have to do the same.

Now, why did Russia do nothing. And didn't Russia ship the Russian S-400 Air Defense Missies to Syria? I guess they didn't work huh? Half of Syria's air defenses gone in one shot, and no planes shot down. All while Russia is sitting, watching this happen. What a great ally huh.

Perhaps Russia can only fight women, children and poorly armed civilians huh.

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