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edhopper

(33,606 posts) Tue Oct 13, 2015, 10:14 AM Oct 2015

What, if anything, should be done about Putin's attacks on Syrian rebels.

It is obvious that Putin is not fighting ISIS but helping Assad against the Syrian rebels.
Should anything be done about this, and if so, what?

Discuss.

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What, if anything, should be done about Putin's attacks on Syrian rebels. (Original Post) edhopper Oct 2015 OP

Syria is Putin's mess. The Sunni jihadis are Saudi Arabia's mess. Let them take them in. leveymg Oct 2015 #1

Nothing. Propping up dictators in pursuit of another country's national interests is as old as time. pampango Oct 2015 #2

Oh, you mean those moderate rebels? MattSh Oct 2015 #3

Nothing. It's their mess now. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #4

The US should work with Russia and other players on peace negotiations. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #5

leveymg

(36,418 posts)

1. Syria is Putin's mess. The Sunni jihadis are Saudi Arabia's mess. Let them take them in.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 10:21 AM

Oct 2015

Or, Hillary Clinton and David Petraeus can open their homes and buy some bunk beds to welcome the five "moderate" terrorists.

pampango

(24,692 posts)

2. Nothing. Propping up dictators in pursuit of another country's national interests is as old as time.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 10:27 AM

Oct 2015

Russia will learn (or remember) that the early days of military success and 'painless' bombing will be replaced by the expensive and endless casualties of occupation and asymmetrical warfare. For now it seems to serve their national interest as a strong international power and may help them with negotiations in other parts of the world.

There is a reason that occupations - as Afghanistan (for the USSR and the US) and Iraq (US) - are eventually abandoned.