Russia sends aircraft carrier to Syria

seahorse2 · Expert Joined: Oct 18, 2004 Posts: 1966

Russia is sending its only aircraft carrier to Syria. Sweet. This is like the arch duke ferdinand incident all over again.

Russia carrier to Syria

This comes on the heels of Russia and Syria talking about putting Russian nuclear capable missiles in Syria.

London Times

Cashmere · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Mar 27, 2008 Posts: 1971

What can be said?

You provoke long enough, you get a response.
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Nickel

No question. I just wish the Russians would be a little more subtle about underlining the point. If they're going to be a force to be reckoned with again, give people time to do the reckoning before you apply more force, it seems to me.
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Roccland · Peak Oil Prophet Joined: Jun 16, 2007 Posts: 1696

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Crap and my radiation suit is at the cleaners....

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Cashmere · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Mar 27, 2008 Posts: 1971

The biggest risk, it seems to me, is a proxy war.

RF arms Syria, Israel preemtively attacks Syria, RF starts feeding Syria steady supply of arms. U.S. feeding Israel arms. Something like that.
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Nickel

Well, anything's possible. But the Middle East, for all its strife, has been reasonably stable militarily for decades. Seems to me the gloves came off once the Russians weren't in the mix anymore and Israel became the obnoxious little creep who's the pal of the big guy. Having the Russians back floating around might put the cap on some stuff again.

Or, it could just completely blow up. It's anybody's guess.
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eXpat · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jun 08, 2006 Posts: 1081

Isn´t the USS Cole, along with other ships already there? This is an article from March 1, 2008 link

threadbear · Expert Joined: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 7784

Nickel

efarmer · Intermediate Crude Joined: Mar 17, 2006 Posts: 510

Russia was on her knees after the fall of the USSR system.
She has too much land and resources to stay there. Taking
think tank schemes and applying them to the world like wall
paper and hoping they stick is not working well for us.
I think it is a tragedy that there is not a North American to
Siberian rail line and that we are picking at the bones of
the Cold War as if we can replay the 1980's again since
we aren't worth a crap at doing the 21st century.

Running out of money and gas while trying to get
a familiar old fight going again is not my idea of
a plan, if there even is one.

When you have a plan but don't have a clue, you
also don't have a clue that you probably don't have
a real plan. Smile a bunch and talk loud until it all
blows up on you and you have to try something else.
I guess that is a plan after all.

pup55 · Expert Joined: May 26, 2004 Posts: 3854

Silly Russians. What's the point?

If my measurement on Google Maps is right, It's only about 500 miles between Syria and Russian territory. That's a few minutes' flight for one of their Mach 2.8 fighters.

It's the US that has the 8000 mile supply chain.

Roccland · Peak Oil Prophet Joined: Jun 16, 2007 Posts: 1696