Comments on: Syria: More US Involvement

By: penny2

penny2 — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:33:55 +0000

Could be? Can’t ever put anything past them.
The deconfliction protocols have been in place for years- The US is very aware of them. (As is Russia)
My first thought on the news of the US jet damage, was, the Russian jet had actually warned the American plane off.

It seems to me the US is trying to keep their occupation and occupying force in tact in Syria. They don’t want the refugees back- because they’ll inevitable displace the proxies- Turkey’s load will be lightened. Never mind the possibility of Erdogan and Assad shaking hands
Neighbours working out differences is not what the US wants- they want to exploit the differences, exacerbate them and create open festering wounds

By: penny2

penny2 — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:28:09 +0000

In reply to Mark Finnegan.

first laugh of the morning 🙂
Tom Cruise in his top gun f-16!!!
immediate imagery popped in my head of his face.
(over rated actor)
Anyway, yes, hopefully he can save them!

By: Mark Finnegan

Mark Finnegan — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:30:23 +0000

Do you think that brilliant NATO strategists are trying for some kind of aerial PR success in the Syrian theater to offset the debacle in the Ukraine ?
Playing chicken with the whole world held hostage. That game is so 1960’s, didn’t work then, won’t work now. The Russians won’t flinch.

By: penny2

penny2 — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 23:39:15 +0000

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/russia-says-us-led-coalition-violated-syrian-airspace-8-times-in-1-day/2956273

The United States-led coalition in Syria violated Syrian airspace eight times over the past day, a senior Russian military official said Thursday.

Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, the head of the Russian military’s Reconciliation Center in Syria, said that all of the violations occurred in the Al-Tanf region in Homs governorate, which serves as a passage for international air routes.

“Eight violations of Syrian airspace by three pairs of F-16 fighter jets, one pair of Rafale fighter jets and one pair of coalition Typhoon fighter jets were recorded in the area of Al-Tanf,” Gurinov said.

In addition, drones of the international anti-terrorist coalition led by the US violated deconfliction protocols 15 times over the past day, he noted.

The US is an occupying force that has never been invited to Syria- that’s a fact
They are present and occupying alongside the PKK and stealing Syrian resources (after ethnic cleansing a vast swathe of the nation)

By: Mark Finnegan

Mark Finnegan — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:48:45 +0000

Hi Penny,
It will be interesting to follow the initial ‘real world’ deployment of the vastly over budget, much troubled and long delayed F-35. Right now American pilots are gaining invaluable field experience with just how non-stealthy these “stealth” aircraft are. These pilots must get used to the cold chill of foreboding when that persistent buzzing sound occurs and the red light flashes indicating that enemy air to air missiles have locked onto target. Hopefully Tom Cruise will be there to save them in a 1980’s F-16.