TASS: Putin orders to begin withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria starting March 15
The Russian leader hopes the withdrawal of Russian troops will become a good motivation for launching negotiations between political forces in the country
MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued an order to begin withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria starting from March 15.
"I think that the tasks set to the defense ministry are generally fulfilled. That is why I order to begin withdrawal of most of our military group from Syria starting from tomorrow," Putin said on Monday at a meeting with Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
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5 comments:
Well that is interesting.
Look like someone was warned out the impending quagmire for anyone dumb enough to put troops in Syria. Any country can come in and drop a bunch of bombs, but when the troops have to move in, take ground, hold ground and resupply, the true losses start. Russian doesn't have the military power, resources or wealth for such a venture. Putin was there for domestic consumption and distraction from a poor economic situation. Mission accomplished. But if the peace talks break down, and we know they will because the various parties still think they can win and outside powers will keep the supplies coming, Russian will have to make a choice. Come back to stay and hold, or try to spin it's lack of conviction. Sometimes just declaring victory and just walking away is the best move.
This is the second time in as many years we've seen Russia pull this move.
She assesses her enemies and their involvement in her areas of interest. Patiently, she watches them paint themselves into a corner with rhetoric and stupid alliances with actors even more foolish than themselves. Once they begin their inevitable aggression she watches the battle unfold while providing aid to her allies. When the enemy's proxies have made too much progress while at the same time exhibited their predilection for infighting and hubris, she intervenes directly to inflict great pain on them. The intervention does not have to be fatal as the enemy and its proxies have been assessed as vulnerable to a properly timed strike.
While the battlefield defeats unfold, the real battle begins at the negotiating table where Russia really holds the advantage (real,trained, e perienced statespeople versus con artist ideological carpetbagger morons). In front of the whole world the statements, actions, and contradictions of her enemies are laid bare. The Russians ensure that the enemy's oft repeated proclamations about wanting "peace", "security", and "stability" for the people of X country are duly noted and routinely brought up in the face of stonewalling or the antics of their proxies. Russia also does an excellent job of isolating actors within the enemy camp and exposing them as the duplicitous little scumbags they are.
The Russians maneuver their enemies into signing, and getting their proxies to sign, agreements to stop the fighting (or suffer a death dealing defeat as the gig is up and no one in "the West" has the guts is willing to go all the way over Ukraine or Syria). The majority of the provisions of the agreement (at least the difficult ones) are in the laps of their enemies/proxies to implement. Whether they will or will not abide by the agreement is not the big concern as the onus remains on the other side to fulfill their end of the bargain. Russia's allies, whatever their issues, are not crazy fascists and will generally do as instructed as their existence depends on her good graces. As for the enemies, the Russians are well aware of who they are dealing with and reserve the right, openly, to go back to fighting with all that entails. They've assessed those across the table and see what they are made of.
The Russians are highly intelligent, evolved and dangerous enemies to have.
"Our" leaders and "allies" are...
RETARDS.
Very very well done mission accomplished MrPutin.
Putin's situation hasn't seemed to be much of a challenge. Once Obama drew a red line not to be crossed, it was all over. The United States has clearly relied solely on posturing to deter opponents, and when push comes to shove, they show nervousness about taking serious losses and concede. Either they lack the political capital to engage militarily, or their calculations prove engagement to be unfavorable, or both. Part of me believes that Putin new that direct conflict would never happen, and that if it were inevitable, he would never have injected himself in Demascus. I believe the move was made with the confidence that there was little chance of real war, and therefore Russia may also lack the affordability of serious loss. History has shown that when the United States and Russia are on a collision course, the lesser leveraged blinks. One could argue that the Syrian conflict has seen 3 Bay of Pigs moments: the naval standoff in the Mediterranean, Russia's response to Turkey downing the jet, and the West's handling of Aleppo's defeat. I hope that they continue to keep mutually assured destruction in mind during their next game of chicken.
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