Marines conduct show of force in Syria amid Russian warnings

Great Power War ^ | 9/9/18 | USA Features

[Zhang Fei]

[Is Syria worth starting WW3? Russia is in bad shape but this is no place to test them.]

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The Russians won’t launch against *any* nuclear state with a robust early warning and counterstrike capability. Putin, like all the Russian leaders before him, wants to be remembered as a guy who added to Russia’s holdings, not reduced it to the size of Germany, in the process of slicing its population to a few million people from its present 140m. In the wake of a nuclear holocaust, it’s possible that Russia could vanish as a nation state altogether, with its neighbors each taking hefty chunks of its territory.

[huldah1776]

Might not be only the Kurds...

Breaking: Massive Turkish Army convoy enters Idlib with large arsenal of weapons

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-massive-turkish-army-convoy-enters-idlib-with-large-arsenal-of-weapons/

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 A.M.) – A massive Turkish military convoy entered the Idlib Governorate from the Hatay Province, tonight, opposition activists reported.

According to the Syrian opposition activists, the Turkish military convoy consisted of more than 300 vehicles, including tanks, MLRS launchers, and BMPs.

The Turkish military convoy reportedly entered Syria through the Kafr Losen Crossing; it was heading towards the rebel front-lines in the Idlib and Hama governorates.

Some opposition activists have claimed that the Turkish military was heading to the Idlib Governorate with manpads, which, if true, would mean that they are preparing to down any Syrian warplane flying over their positions.

[momincombatboots]

Obama parked us a few miles from a Russian base in existence since the late 70s. Lets continue to spend american taxpayer dollars and continue obamas war. And his spending and his H1Bs and still. No wall. What a disgrace. Soldiers shouldnt be buliding walls they should be grinding our enemies into dust. europe should fight the russians themselves for their pipeline.. but yet.. we are stuck on stupid.. with soldiers wielding bricks instead oof billets.

[Trumpisourlastchance]

I don’t remember doing everything I could to help Donald Trump get elected to get into a shooting war with a nuclear superpower in Syria. In fact, I remember the opposite.

[Texas Fossil]

I doubt it is true.

It is true about Turks moving armor to the border near Idlib.

[Pining_4_TX]

The Kurds are going to get tooled no matter what happens. That seems to be a pattern for groups that work with the US. Besides we cannot do anything for them without involving the US in a wider conflict. No US troops should be fighting and dying for any Muslims.

[Morpheus2009]

They will decimate the European states too. They have long known that the other European states could do something if it was strictly just United States vs Russia. They will nuke Europe too. And not only that, Europe will have about no warning whatsoever due to the short distance.