Yeah, the mainstream western media has practically whipped itself into a frothy hysteria. All these claims of Russia-is-bombing-poor-Syrian- civilians, Russia-is-not-doing-the-right-thing, Russia-gonna-fail, Russia-hitting-moderate-rebels. It’s all so overblown, negative, and propagandistic and self-contradictory, and…

Also, look up Turkey PKK opposition to Erdogan and how he’s using ISIS excuse to really go after PKK.

Honestly, 1/2 the war mongers here are too stupid to get irony. They take what they’re told at face value. We spent $500 million on training for the “moderate rebels”. We have nothing to show for it. Just like the entire Iraq war. Well not nothing. We got 10’s of thousands of ruined American soldiers out of the deal…

Try brushing up on your history of the area before sounding completely ignorant. If you even take the time to expand you knowledge instead of just personal judgement by actually investigating the region and it’s complex history instead of just spewing back what some flapping heads on the TV tell you. I mean why…

You know Tyler, you write informative stuff. Too bad the comments always go to shit.

Which ones? You mean Georgia, which was triggered by CIA and Georgian president attack on South Ossetia? Or Ukraine, where CIA and good ol Zbew gave their blessing? Meanwhile no on the can compete with US resume of Iraq, Afghanistan, Lybia, Syria, Yemen, Egypt et al.

Why do you keep calling them “Anti-Assad forces?” Call them ISIS. Call them Al-Nusra. Call them deranged jihadists.

How dare the Russians take a page out of our playbook and rain cruise missiles down on targets from hundreds of miles away? How dare they defend an ally we’ve been diligently attempting to overthrow? How dare they stand up to unchecked Western aggression in a part of the world we’ve been bombing and destroying for…

Dont cha hate when another country intervenes in another war it shouldn’t? Oh wait, the US does that all the time.

So now the fraudulent fifth column running foreign policy while abusing our military is upset that Russia is bombing our terrorist army? Are we living in the Twilight Zone or something?

What the —? There are no ‘moderate’ rebels in Syria. Do you really think ISIS just popped up and magically appeared with enough manpower, firepower and materiel to drive the Iraqi army out of Mosul? Do you think a force that large could go anywhere without U.S. satellites and drones picking them up?

USA is trying to get rid of Assad by any means possible, even using false excuses, just like it did with Saddam a decade ago in Iraq. The White House is now worried because somebody with a pair of balls is actually opposing their lunatic idea this time. I can’t believe the USA is so hypocritical that even after its…

Kerry is a super hypocrite, like the rest of American politicians on the Syrian war issue. Just read what he said:

Yea quite frankly, I don’t care. Havent we learned already that keeping these dictators in power is an effective way of keeping the countries stable? So the Russians want to keep Assad in power, put boots on the ground and kick the shit out of ISIS. I say Godspeed to them.

U.S. wants to get rid of Assad, U.S. wants to get rid of ISIS. Wait a sec. You can’t just get rid of everyone who is going to take control than? The truth is U.S. actually created ISIS to kick off Assad. Ask the refuges what are they running from. They are running from airstrikes and ISIS. If U.S. really wanted to…

Why is the US more concerned about Russia than Isis? Why is Kerry more concerned about removing Asad than Isis? The US needs to get the hell out.

Unlikely since in order for Putin to take on “moderate freedom fighters” such mythical creatures would first need to exist... Or be a viable force beyond 5 guys hiding in a basement somewhere and their leader with his legs blown off in a hospital in Turkey.

Somehow I never went for that pregnant yak look.

The only way I believe the USAF point of view on the A-10 can be understood is how low intensity, counter insurgency conflicts are perceived by generals and politicians. Since Vietnam, all the wars the US and the West have been involved in have been won or lost on a single criteria: the public perception and its…