First and foremost, the Russian servicemen, who serve (and who died) in Syria are not doing it "for Assad". They are doing it against the Obama-regime-installed terrorists, who are fully-geared to move the battlefield into Russia proper. This was aptly demonstrated by the attack on Aktobe (formerly Aktubinsk) in the Northern Kazakhstan (Southern Russia before 1917) a month ago.
Let me put it this way. What would be better (a lesser evil) if 10 Russian soldiers died in Syria now or 1.000.000 Russian soldiers and civilians died in Russia in a few years' time fighting the out-of-control IS, with all the Southern Russia being in flames like Syria is now?
God bless you Nemo! Finally someone honest about the situation. I am not trolling but as soon as I hear a guy like Peter lavel or what ever is name on RT with his line: legitimate government of Syria... I don't even fulminate or feel insulted but just ask myself:is he really that arrogant.
Now what you express is a great understandable concern, who will effectively totally fall inline with the role and duty of Russians soldiers.
Sadly I see a problem in this argumentation: the belief that the Americans or the Saudis for the matter can control those groups. Simple answer they can't.
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Personally what I would like is to punish Assad and his supporters and all the civilians who profited from the Assad regime by flattening Damascus and lataque. I know it's not fair, but Tokyo wasn't fair nor dresde. Once all those are killed, everyone, give a few hours for all belligerent to surrender their weapons or face the same destiny.
To resume: more to lose in war US vs Russia than all the terrorists combine could do and Russian or American pride is unwelcome and UN or what ever is populated with the same people as Assad, Hillary and Corzine. I hope that American will stop once the lecturer is out to make their little pussies and idiots about a few square miles on western Russia and by recognizing Crimea and dombass as part of Russia will permit Russians to compromise equally or at leat faint to get the elimination of Damascus as city (no more minaret, flatten this shit altogether)!
Thanks for reading and your reply, I much appreciate it. It's always informative, refreshing and honest!
The thing is...
1. The Syrian government is legitimate in much the same way as (or even more than) the American government. Assad is a secular tolerant leader of his country who was elected to the post. Under his rule, until ISIS got imported, people of various religions lived in peace, the country enjoyed a high level of education and medical care.
2. Punish Assad for what exactly? How does he profit - by risking his life and sticking it out with his country, defending it from an invasion, and not running off, like some of the Western politicians would have done at the first tight of danger? Why should the Syrian Army surrender their weapons? To whom? The ISIS? To the Americans? Should have Russia, using your logic, also just surrendered to the Germans in 1941?
Should we not make the same demand of the Obama's money-profiteering, warmongering regime that his belligerents, who are now roaming Europe, dotting it with military bases, surrender or Washington gets erased from the face of the Earth?
PS: and I am highlighting my initial reply for the benefit of people like BobLawblaw
You can deny as much as you want: here is the truth:
1. You are dishonnest and inhuman in your support for what Assad did. You don't want to acknowledge what he did at the beginning of the revolution. You don't want to speak about the Sunni children tagging walls with slogan who ended up in torture cells. You don't want to see Assad for what he really is. This is so sad.
For this reason alone Russia exposes itself to unbearable suffering in the coming years and decades. I am so sorry for your blindness. May God open your heart to what Liberty means... As a free human being you can't accept Assad.
2. You love leader for life it is your choice. We are on a different state of social evolution... You are backward. Look at China... Leaders transition smoothly. Putinstan.
No, you can't understand my logic. Syrian army in a occupation army. The violent rule of a minority.
May I ask you, how do you see the exist of this conflict?
The problem is between the people who share your mindset and the free world there is only on path, and it's total war. There is no way to reconciliation. It's very sad. There is a big discontent for human life in your wording and intention. Something frankly evil behind its nice intention. You believe to be superior using your science and techniques but on fundamental level you are lost. You know it that's it's wrong what Assad did.
What I am curious is how you silence your empathy? How you decide to serve those objectives of yours devoid of all kindness or care for life. Just a cog in a state apparatus. This is what really put down Soviet Union, the lack of grace. A unability to understand deeper human aspirations... I guess it's because you never played enough war games... Too poor and you owe your life to the states.
Rememeber there is an end game. It's look like ruins with all resources of life converted in armies in motion. This is no life. The state is not life. Love is.
And there is no love inside you, only a calculated little biped. Good luck I hope that God will help you.
Your side:
My side, the people (your ennemies)
The solution
More tow and real and more lethal anti aircraft weapons... Using the great process more Russians shot down more weapons... There is no other path.
and again:
You can deny as much as you want: here is the truth:
This Assad, those are the spiritual values GWB spoke about... This is how the jeehad began and it may take Moscow down...