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Tuesday, March 01, 2022

Putin Wants To Do A Syria In Ukraine And Can Not Be Allowed

Putin's delusion was that he was going to step into Ukraine and was going to be welcomed with open arms. Instead he has met with stiff resistance as he should. His new delusion might be to pull a Syria in Ukraine. That absolutely can not be allowed.

Syria is one place where I strongly disagreed with Barack Obama in real time. He needed to pull a Libya in Syria. Assad's palace needed to be bombed. The world still needs to drag Assad to The Hague for war crimes.

NATO can not send in troops to Ukraine. But that is about the only limitation. There is no limit to how much and how fast weapons can be sent into Ukraine. Neighboring countries to the west of Ukraine need to the west of Ukraine, namely Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, and Turkey to the South can do much in terms of organizing refugee camps and camps where Ukrainian fighters can come to regroup before going back in.



But the real fight is going to be in the large cities of Russia. It will only take half a million Russian to come out into the streets of Moscow and refuge to leave. If the Russians can take control of the streets, Putin is over. His game is up. And that is where the endgame is.



Why Putin Is So Committed to Keeping Assad in Power Putin's growing military support for the beleaguered Syrian leader is meant to send a clear message to other anxious despots about Russian loyalty to its friends...... OCTOBER 7, 2015 ........ For more than three years, Russia’s top diplomats have time and again assured American, Arab, and European policymakers that they are not wedded to President Bashar al-Assad. But with Russian airplanes escalating an air campaign against the groups trying to oust the beleaguered Syrian leader, Russian President Vladimir Putin is showing just how far he’ll go to keep Assad — Moscow’s key surviving Arab ally — in power. ......... Saving Assad from meeting the same fate as other regional despots like Libya’s Muammar al-Qaddafi and Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak is emerging as a key facet of Russia’s Middle East strategy.Saving Assad from meeting the same fate as other regional despots like Libya’s Muammar al-Qaddafi and Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak is emerging as a key facet of Russia’s Middle East strategy. By propping up one of the region’s most vilified leaders, Moscow is sending a powerful message about its willingness to act aggressively in a region where many of America’s closest allies are feeling insecure — and questioning Washington’s commitment to have their backs in the future. ......... Some 800 to more than 2,000 Russian jihadis have traveled to Syria to help fight in the country, as well as in Iraq, according to estimates from the Russian Foreign Ministry and independent experts. .......... Last month, Moscow intervened militarily at Assad’s invitation, launching airstrikes against what it said were targets linked to the Islamic State, but in actuality hammering the Syrian opposition forces seeking to bring down the regime. It is now considering the deployment of irregular Russian troops, or “volunteers,” to carry out ground operations. On Wednesday, Syrian forces began a ground offensive as Russian warplanes blasted targets throughout western Syria ......... “Saddam Hussein, hanged. Is Iraq a better place, a safer place?” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rhetorically asked reporters at U.N. headquarters last month. “Qaddafi murdered — you know in front of viewers. Is Libya a better place? Now we are demonizing Assad. Can we try to draw lessons?” .

. Russia’s Actions Fuel Calls for U.N. to Rein in Security Council Veto Power The U.N. Charter puts limits on the veto power permanent members enjoy. Now, some countries want that enforced. .

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