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53. I have to admit i was naive in my thinking on this. I thought Putin was going

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Mon Oct 5, 2015, 07:57 PM

Oct 2015

to do the right thing but it is clear he will not.

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The Russians Will Decimate ISIS. Russians Will Take No Prisoners. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Oct 2015 OP

But not until they've wiped out Assad's Enemies, first: bobalew Oct 2015 #1

The Russians will kill all the groups there that are not pro-Assad. Rex Oct 2015 #2

Yay for brutality! randome Oct 2015 #3

Brutal to ISIS isn't so bad 6chars Oct 2015 #18

Agree. randome Oct 2015 #24

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What the fuck is this shit? ellisonz Oct 2015 #28

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No, I believe that person is sick at your attempts to make a brutal dictator look cuddly stevenleser Oct 2015 #40

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Yes - I am glad that mess was cleaned up before my return. ellisonz Oct 2015 #78

Library Girl or Go West Young Man or Hannah Bell? nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #44

Hannah Bell. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #50

And now his watch is ended. nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #56

ISIS deserves whatever they get, from whoever can do it. CanonRay Oct 2015 #31

....x10+ 840high Oct 2015 #48

If Putin were really serious he'd drone the financial backers as well...nt Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #61

We will follow them to the gates of hell. Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #69

I agree. I just won't celebrate Putin's part in it. He's in this to restore the USSR. randome Oct 2015 #96

A group of terrorists NOLALady Oct 2015 #4

I agree they will be brutal, I disagree they will be particularly effective against ISIS. stevenleser Oct 2015 #5

Excellent point. cwydro Oct 2015 #7

The mujahideen were funded and trained by the west and gulf states killbotfactory Oct 2015 #15

Yes and no. Yes the west are not funding them, but no because ISIS is cash rich. stevenleser Oct 2015 #20

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We've done more than that. We worked with the UN to pass resolutions to make anyone stevenleser Oct 2015 #41

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IS was never more than 40 percent self-funded. KSA & GCC" leveymg Oct 2015 #55

None of that is really true. stevenleser Oct 2015 #58

Every word is based in documented facts and reliable sources. I'll leave "the truth" to you and Fox leveymg Oct 2015 #79

As are mine. There are many more links that back up the businessweek version. Nt stevenleser Oct 2015 #84

On this, the Joint Chiefs have more crediblity than a Saudi apologist working for a neocon thinktank leveymg Oct 2015 #86

We've been their longer supposedly fighting a weaker foe so rah fucking rah. TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #49

Let's see... Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #62

It pretty much is at this point. It's a mess of competing rebel groups and religious groups stevenleser Oct 2015 #64

The terrain, the governments and the people's are completely different. Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #67

Not without tens of thousands of boots on the ground they won't nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #6

150K enough? cigsandcoffee Oct 2015 #14

Possibly. Depends how ISIS reacts. If they melt into the various cities they took and stevenleser Oct 2015 #21

Just exactly who are you for? Caretha Oct 2015 #51

Tactical analysis has nothing to do with "Who I'm for" stevenleser Oct 2015 #63

It's clear..nt Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #74

"Melt into various cities" Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #68

High explosives have been "raining down on their asses" for the past 2-3 months stevenleser Oct 2015 #70

You are aware that 75% of the "coalition" flights weren't dropping their bombs. Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #72

Which is typical during a bombing campaign against non state insurgents stevenleser Oct 2015 #85

They are way, way off Ex Lurker Oct 2015 #29

sure, if they're actually on the ground. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #43

The Daily Express? oberliner Oct 2015 #82

Good wipe ISIS off the face of the earth workinclasszero Oct 2015 #8

Yah, well, their record of success in such things isn't so hot. MineralMan Oct 2015 #9

[insert Princess Bride quote here] nt MissB Oct 2015 #30

Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line?... SidDithers Oct 2015 #37

ISIS in Syria is a very different beast than the mujiahadeen in Afghanistan. Xithras Oct 2015 #66

What, were we handing out teddy bears and lollies to the fighters? NightWatcher Oct 2015 #10

Well they have to target ISIS first davidn3600 Oct 2015 #11

Depends on how it goes. Lots of civilian losses and destruction tend to harden TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #12

They proved that in Afghanistan, right? HereSince1628 Oct 2015 #13

Yes, just as the Soviets did to the Mujahideen. yellowcanine Oct 2015 #16

Different leadership yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #76

Not so much really. Putin is a Kremlin retro. yellowcanine Oct 2015 #94

like they whipped the Afghans into submission? mike_c Oct 2015 #17

Beat me to it Egnever Oct 2015 #19

Yes, Russia was SO successful in Afghanistan! BillZBubb Oct 2015 #22

Brutality in a guerrilla war is usually a recipe for defeat (of the Russians, in this case) NickB79 Oct 2015 #23

Recruits won't just be coming from the Arab states but from all Islamic countries snagglepuss Oct 2015 #59

Would Turkey a member of nato support terrorist? Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #71

Someone's has to buy ISIS oil. nt killbotfactory Oct 2015 #73

The Turks have gone after the Kurds not ISIS they also have snagglepuss Oct 2015 #89

That worked so well for them in Afghanistan. n/t ellisonz Oct 2015 #26

I wouldn't make the mistake of assuming the Russian army is any more or less brutal than ours. Maedhros Oct 2015 #27

They are more than welcome to the quagmire nt arely staircase Oct 2015 #32

Well, which is it? AngryAmish Oct 2015 #34

I agree. They don't mess around. louis-t Oct 2015 #35

It Was During The Iran Crisis. The Iranians Took A Russian National ( A Diplomat I Think) TheMastersNemesis Oct 2015 #87

All I can say is: jack_krass Oct 2015 #36

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Nope, no one is rooting for the terrorists. I have said publicly we should stevenleser Oct 2015 #42

Oh, go pound sand. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #46

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I have to admit i was naive in my thinking on this. I thought Putin was going hrmjustin Oct 2015 #53

Welcome back, Justin! ColesCountyDem Oct 2015 #80

Did they decimate the Mujahideen in Afghanistan? former9thward Oct 2015 #54

Russians decimated Afghanistan rafeh1 Oct 2015 #57

russians got their asses handed to them in Chechnya. their military isn't any better now. KG Oct 2015 #60

Here is the alternate approach Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #65

Putin is protecting the Naval bases and trying to get the sanctions eased underpants Oct 2015 #75

differences DustyJoe Oct 2015 #77

about Russia vs. Isis achsadu Oct 2015 #81

Russia may take out ISIS, but if there are any doctors in the area, that's our specialty. egduj Oct 2015 #83

Yeah, the Russians are much more respectful of non-combatants. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #97

Syria is where WW3 will begin. roamer65 Oct 2015 #88

I don't think fighting ISIS is actually a big priority of Russia's YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #90

DU makes my head spin sometimes... renegade000 Oct 2015 #91

Some Americans would rather live in Putin's Russia YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #92

Like they decimated the mujahideen in the 80s? dilby Oct 2015 #93

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