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I do not know if it is true or not. I hope its true.
Syria MUST be militarily defended by BOTH Russia and Iran.
After Syria it will be Iran.
After Iran it will be Central Asia.
After Central Asia it will be Russia itself.
LOGICALLY given this long term trajectory it is in Russia's and Iran's interests to seriously invest in Syria's defense systems, beyond mere tokenism.
If Syria falls too easily to NATO/USA imperialism then obviously Iran will be the next target......and so on.
There is also the psychological aspect. CIA Saddam's military machine followed the Soviet War doctrine, and was largely equipped with Soviet equipment. When that military machine failed badly in 1991, it was also seen as a failure of the Soviet War doctrine. ONE THINKS THERE WAS AT LEAST SOME LINK BETWEEN SADDAM'S DEBACLE IN KUWAIT, and the collapse of the Soviet in 1991.
The Syrians are largely equipped with Soviet military technology and follow Soviet war doctrine. A quick NATO/USA victory there will be seen as another defeat for truncated Russia which is increasingly surrounded by NATO/USA forces.
THEREFORE:
1. Russia should heavily and seriously invest in Syrian defenses, especially air-defenses with M-Tor, S-300, S-400 SAMs, and AA systems with Russian military personnel.....40,000. If war starts it will be good practice for the Russians, and they will see if their equipment work or not against Western military systems.
2. Closer military cooperation with Iran; joint military exercises, greater production facilities given to Iran.....and of course obviously supply of SAMs and AA to Iran on a NON-COMMERCIAL BASIS in significant numbers.
NATO/USA do not charge the Libyans when they attacked Libya. It was a strategic decision, and not merely a commercial one. The same with the attack against Serbia, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. And so Russia must supply weapons to the necessary theaters without any commercial consideration. Russia after 1991 was totally blocked out from Iraq anyway.
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Warns it will not tolerate western powers crossing a “red line”
Paul Joseph Watson at Infowars.com
We now know what those six Russian warships that reportedly entered Syrian territorial waters last week were carrying. Aside from representing a show of strength to discourage NATO powers from launching a military attack, on board were Russian technical experts ready to help Damascus set up a sophisticated missile defense system sold to them by Moscow.
“Russian warships that have reached waters off Syria in recent days were carrying, among other things, Russian technical advisors who will help the Syrians set up an array of S-300 missiles Damascus has received in recent weeks, a report in the London-based Arabic language Al Quds-Al Arabi said Thursday. Citing sources in Syria and Russia, the paper said that Moscow sees a Western attack on Syria as a “red line” that it will not tolerate,” reports Arutz Sheva.
The S-300 missiles, which according to the report will be used to “deflect a possible attack by NATO or the U.S. and EU,” are long range surface-to-air missiles developed by Russia in 1979 for the purpose of protecting large industrial and military bases from enemy attack aircraft and cruise missiles.
The system is widely regarded as one of the most powerful anti-aircraft arrays in modern warfare, having the ability to track up to 100 targets and engage 12 at any one time. Russia recently tried to sell the same system to Iran but the transaction was halted after pressure from the U.S. and Israel.
Arming Syria with such a proficient means of aerial defense would obviously not bode well for any prospective “no fly zone” being planned by western powers. Reports have been circulating this week that fighter jets from Turkey and other Arab states would soon enter Syrian airspace under “humanitarian” pretenses with logistical aid from the United States.
“Along with the missiles, the report says that Russia has installed advanced radar systems in all key Syrian military and industrial installations. The radar system also covers areas north and south of Syria, where it will be able to detect movement of troops or aircraft towards the Syrian border. The radar targets include much of Israel, as well as the Incirlik military base in Turkey, which is used by NATO,” states the report.
French foreign minister Alain Juppé yesterday assured Syrian opposition forces that NATO powers are planning to launch a military intervention by imposing “humanitarian corridors or humanitarian zones” in the name of protecting civilians from the alleged abuses of the al-Assad regime.
The prospect of air strikes being launched under a “humanitarian” banner are seen as increasingly likely given the fact that the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush has been moved to the Syrian coast in recent days having left its traditional theater of operations just off the Straits of Hormuz.
Tensions also escalated yesterday after the U.S. Embassy in Damascus urged its citizens to leave Syria “immediately,” while Turkey’s foreign ministry told its citizens to avoid traveling through the country on their return home from Saudi Arabia.
As we have previously noted, attacking Syria could merely be an entrée for an assault on Iran because Tehran has promised to defend its ally.
