I should have clarified. I didn’t mean they would just suspend all training, pilots stop flying etc. I was referring to large scale military exercises, war games.

Eh, no. US #1 goal was to overthrow Assad, plain and simple. When the phony gas attack failed to get any kind of traction with the world, Kerry dropped the famous line about Syrian chemical weapons, adding the also famous “yeah, like that’s gonna happen”. Well, Russia quickly got him by his tongue and pushed the idea…

Haha, that’s because Saudi Arabia is US piggy bank / access to bases / the pillar of the petro dollar system.

Actually for quite a while. According to multiple reports, Russia simply allocated part of its defense training budget to pay for the operation, with annual cost of around a billion and a half for the whole operation. Compare the amount with how much it would cost the US.

Eh, they did, at least for some time. I believe I read Russian High Command gave order to its forces in Syria to aid then soon to arrive in the theater French carrier De Gaulle and to treat her as friendly. But then everything got quiet on that. Most likely cause is US ordered France to cease cooperation with the…

Well, also the fact that Russia is operating in Syria legally, with the permission of Syrian Government. Others are not.

Agree, less ANALysis, more actual news.

Beg your pardon, but who died and made the US the sole ruler of the world? I must have missed that part. You can take your “American exceptionalism” and “world NEEDS American leadership” and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine. Second, the US and its vassals “allies” to this day never presented any credible evidence…