tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post3590316291587113101..comments2024-03-28T08:21:30.796-04:00Comments on War News Updates: World News Briefs -- October 12, 2016War News Updates Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12034101783150523332noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-41729646210606594332016-10-13T01:28:56.706-04:002016-10-13T01:28:56.706-04:00Mosul is unlikely to be the American Aleppo for th...Mosul is unlikely to be the American Aleppo for the following reasons. 1.) Should Mosul go badly as it likely will in the short to mid term the Americans can still extricate themsrlves. I'm not so sure the Russians can do the same with Aleppo. They seem to be all in. .2.) Of course if they win they will control the entire Middle east. If they fail which is unlikely they simply try again and will eventually succeed. If America wins, we gain nothing except perhaps further enimity from Russia the world's most powerful country.<br /><br /> As such, unless we can help Russia there's no reason for our involvement at all. The best we can hope for, at this point, is for the Russians to show us mercy.B.Posternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-43833186261264378112016-10-12T21:27:11.708-04:002016-10-12T21:27:11.708-04:00The Russians appear to be serious and willing to g...The Russians appear to be serious and willing to go to the wall over Syria. Washington's games are wearing thin.<br /><br />https://consortiumnews.com/2016/10/11/russia-reads-us-bluster-as-sign-of-war/RRHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110767228447006154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-50468295330611915972016-10-12T18:08:46.394-04:002016-10-12T18:08:46.394-04:00Kerry must be getting tired of trying to give Serg...Kerry must be getting tired of trying to give Sergei Lavrov hell over Syria and Aleppo and having Yemen thrown back in his face. Mosul looks like it will be the Americans Aleppo. Bob Huntleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963956155589808610noreply@blogger.com