old salt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 9:40 pm
Tell us more about how badly things worked out for Russia in Syria.
Who's in power in Syria ?
Who's in charge of Syria?
You mean: who's in charge of a pile of rubble? Wow, what a 'victory" for Putin. I understand when Putin visits, Erdogan gives him lunch at half off, is that true?
Bet I can think of a few Generals and conscripted Russian soldiers who'd rather have those military assets in Ukraine than (snicker) Syria, where they are guarding.....um....why are they there, again?
BTW, since you're obviously too far gone to understand it...when US Troops hit ISIS targets in Syria? They're doing Erdogan's job for him, making his rule more stable. But i'm sure you have a spin on that, too.
old salt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 9:40 pm
The naval base in Syria allows Russia to maintain warships from their Northern & Pacific Fleets in the Med & Suez, without having them bottled up in the Black Sea.
So Putin is fighting for his life, and is so short on arms and men that he had to institute a draft....but you're STILL here, trying to sell me on just how awesome it is that Putin can have pointless submarines and warships floating around in oceans a few thousand miles way from home, doing absolutely nothing while Rome (Moscow) figuratively burns.
Either you are the worst military tactician the world has ever seen, or you're too freaking stubborn to just say "yeah, you were were right about Putin's pointless adventurism, and it might cost him his life if he's not careful in the next year". And we both know it ain't the former at work here.
Hey, on the bright side I heard that Russia's pointless and useless submarines are going to take TWO laps past the international dateline this year, instead of just one. Boy! Putin's REALLY doing a great job with his military, isn't he? I heard he's going to spend a few trillion this year to buy a jet ski for every Russian conscript, just to make certain the rest of his armies are pointless, too.
old salt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 9:40 pm
Who owns Ukraine's economy now ? Who's picking up the tab ?
Who will fund their Marshall Plan & fund equipping their military to NATO acceptance standards ?
US GDP: $21 Trillion. Russia GDP: $1.5 trillion.
So Russia is flush with cash in OS's world is it?
But the US is broke, and can't afford to do things like invade Iraq. Twice. Or park tens of thousands of troops in Afghanistan. But the calculator that you plainly got out of a cereal box is telling you that the US can't possibly afford to give money and arms to Ukraine.
That's your math on the subject, is it?
Look, I'd be just fine had Biden not give them a dime. But I'm not going to come on here, and pretend like 1+1= 11 like you are, all because your ego can't handle the fact that you, VDH, and the American right wing spent a decade being wrong about Putin.
