Letter to Sen McCain RE CBRN use in Syria

[Max the Mad Russian]

Non-zero chance this event was calculated by Israel in order to drive a wedge between Asad and Russia.

That's why I've asked about jamming of S-200 fusing if not guiding. IAF Sufas' crews were always a masters of Wild Weasel missions. Why not so in this case? Ok, I took Flash's warning seriously, so it is just a rhetorical question

 

[Flash]

Non-zero chance this event was calculated by Israel in order to drive a wedge between Asad and Russia.

Huh?

That's why I've asked about jamming of S-200 fusing if not guiding. IAF Sufas' crews were always a masters of Wild Weasel missions. Why not so in this case? Ok, I took Flash's warning seriously, so it is just a rhetorical question

Latest I've seen online, so take that for what it's worth, is that the Israeli jets were back over Israel by the time the Syrians shot down the Russian aircraft. If history is any guide Syrian incompetence is still the most likely of scenarios given the info so far.

 

[WhiskeySierra6]

Blue on blue is a shitty way to go out, even if it is red on red.

Non-zero chance this event was calculated by Israel in order to drive a wedge between Asad and Russia.

Negative 100% is non-zero.

 

[Max the Mad Russian]

Fuck, "law of series" case - MiG-31 crashed in Russia yesterday, crew ejected safely...

 

[Randy Daytona]

Chechnya and Syria are apples and oranges. Chechnya is part of the northern Caucasus - defensible terrain between the Black and Caspian Seas. You can expect Russia to hold this at all costs…..
As for the future of the Turks and Erdogan, perhaps it is time to think of Ataturk as a century long aberration and instead go back to the future - to prepare for the return of The Ottomans.

Good article from “The Economist”

Why medium-sized autocracies are projecting more hard power abroad
And why this is alarming

Why medium-sized autocracies are projecting more hard power abroad

And why this is alarming

www.economist.com