Freepers: Wonder if the Russians, who have excellent relations with North Korea deployed any North Korean special forces in Syria? Any insights?
I recommend that they send Infantry.
Welcome to the quagmire that is the Middle East. They could not have picked a sticker spot to dip their toe.
China has consolidated a ring of enemies in Asia, but there remain some in the Middle East who have not yet been agitated to open enmity against China.
These must be their target.
If they think that this would be an easy way to poke Uncle Trump in the eye, wait until they see how sticky getting out is.
China is itching to get their military any sort of combat experience. Their armed forces are made up for the most part by conscripts. Combat experience is not all they need to address. Their maintenance practices are awful and on par with the Russians.
They want exposure to the US’ electronic order of battle, similar to how they did in Bosnia.
Where we finally had our “most unfortunate GPS malfunction”.
(Provisional HQ of Serb Intel was apparently being run out of the Chinese Embassy)
The Chinese need to suppress muslim radicals if they want their One Belt/New Silk Road rail/road/pipeline project across central Asia to come to fruition.
I was wondering what was going to get the army 100 million strong to march to the Euphrates.
They’ve been there all along rhtough their proxies Iran and Russia.
WHO DO IDIOTS THINK IS PAYING FOR THIS WAR?
China is SO overextended though. Trump has their number.
I think the U.S. has been on the wrong side of this Syrian situation since the beginning. Thanks to stupid Obama deciding to support the terrorists.
If you are going to invite a cobra into your house to take care of the rat problem, then you better be sure you have a mongoose.
Now that most of the bsttle is won the Chinese decide to put boots on the ground
As the US withdraws from the oilfields - guess who moves in