More than 200 contract soldiers are said to have been killed
The casualties dwarf official Russian army death toll in Syria
This has been a proxy war for a while now…just wait until it’s no longer war by proxy
A couple thoughts. First, there are Russian fighters, then there are Russian fighters. Those were booger-eaters, mercs, not playing on Russia’s dime. Russia doesn’t seem too distraught over the event. Second, what country doesn’t have some nationals over there fighting for someone? It may not be playing out with nation-states, but it is truly a “world war” given the dozens of countries with people over there in all sorts of capacities. Third, I love the pic of the Russians in the article: sporting a Punisher skull. I wonder if Marvel is going after them too for copyright infringement.
Also, lots of money and money changing hands in this “war”. It will be a while unless the “proxy” fighting ends and the big players become fully involved.
i still don’t know WTF we’re doing over there…
Understand they were in Syria with the blessing and consent of Putin. But I don’t see him getting all that worked up over this. On Saturday the IAF took out the majority of non Russian anti aircraft in Syria.
We are killing Russian Mercs, jeez, its in the title. 
If it were just the Russians helping Syrians whack general jihadis, meh. Iran being there makes it a play to be a regional power from the Indian Ocean to the Med.
It is interesting reading that a battalion sized force attacked with artillery support. It sounds like we handed them their asses. We haven’t had a ground campaign in my life time with large opposing forces on the battle field. Desert Storm was one sided and nothing like a WWII operation. The Syrian’s are dismayed at 200 KIA. Imagine the response if it was a thousand like a WWII battle. I wonder if any county in our time has the stomach for sustained intense conflict. David
Trump has lost control and the neo-cons are running the show.
Indeed. Dangerous Stuff. The NeoCons will be the death of us all.
Shit… whats a Neocon? Is that like a decepticon?
I need to know what to be afraid of.
Conservative Jews for the most part. By using the term ‘neo-con’ they can pack a lot of subtext in.
Well this thread went South in a hurry.
A big government globalist establishment “conservative” hawk.
A-soon-to-be-extinct Boomer with equal, but opposite, power to **** up the planet for future generations as the bleeding-heart flower power Boomer.
You guys need to look up neo-con and see what it really was.
Hillary by original definition is a neo-con. Modern version of the term is exemplified by Wolfowitz.
On almost a daily basis something on this site prods me to learn more about a subject, in this case neo-cons.
I though I knew what the term meant, but it turns out just in the most peripheral sense.
Two statements I read got me to thinking, am I really a neocon?
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In foreign policy, the neoconservatives’ main concern is to prevent the development of a new rival
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Neoconservative ideology stresses that while free markets do provide material goods in an efficient way, they lack the moral guidance human beings need to fulfill their needs.
I think I’m going to read a couple of the books and articles referenced to see if the cracks in my self image are real. :jester:
No I don’t.
Then perhaps you should stop using it. SecDef Mattis is NOT a neocon, and he controls what we do or do not do in Syria.
Why are there US positions in Syria? Why is a US drone attacking a Syrian T-72?
War in Iraq
War in Afganistan
War in Syria
War in Libya
War with Russia
War with Iran
War with Venzuela
War with North Korea
If John Shitstain had it his way we would be having war in all these countries right now.
We have been at war since 2001. We have accomplished basically nothing under a futile ROE. We have not taken their oil and told them to straighten up, or you don’t get it back. We have not threatened them with nuclear weapons.
Every time we get involved in a war with a country, it starts a chain migration of 3rd world shitbags into the United States from said target country.
After we have war with North Korea, where are all the staving North Koreans going to go?
They are going to come to the US and the deep state government will settle them in small to medium sized clean white mid-western towns with meat packing plants. So these 3rd world deadasses have a job, meanwhile they squirt out anchor babies by the litter and defile our once nice communities with crime, poverty, and general third world bullshit. Guess who gets their property taxes jack up after the local system needs to build a new school to educate all these 3rd world children who’s parent pay little to no property tax.
I’m ****ing sick of it.