It *potentially* scrambles their brains. :(

Because it literally kills them?

I think I remember that in practice, they all turned around and ran under Soviet tanks. And dog owners everywhere applauded.

Ohh. That makes me sad.

If you are operating in a base where everything is rumbling and moving in different directions, then that flashing light is a god send in being able eyeball track individual pieces of equipment. Small light, big effect.

Which is the problem with this fucked up situation. We have to play nice with the Turks to keep our access to the Black Sea and to keep them as a check against Russia and the more radical elements in the region. Which means we look the other way when they butcher Kurdish men women and children. Even though the Kurds…

Thank goodness they put that li’l itty bitty amber strobe light on top. Otherwise YOU’D NEVER HEAR OR SEE IT COMING!

Yeah I mentioned that myself. It’s a bit unnerving. All they’ve done so far is issue warnings. No-one seems to be taking those warnings seriously though.

Agreed. He loves western culture. That’s a well known fact. I believe he would possibly try to turn it around to but he’s surrounded by his fathers generals. It is a crazy theory, but it possibly could be true.

Its just sickening hypocrisy. Once the trillion dollar PR machine has you on its sights its game over.

I don’t really think Putin is crazy. Ultimately, he’s still a logical actor. Same with Kim Jong Un.

Assad doesn’t want to be executed.

Correct, because declaring who flies, and who doesn’t is Assad’s call. Russia simply helps him enforce it. And Russia has moved the ncecessary pieces to make that happen. Russia can (and will) declare (and enforce) a No Fly again Turkey as part of the ceasefire; expect to see them down every single Turkish warplane…

Sure makes sense, except nothing over there makes sense.

It would be impossible to peacefully divide Middle East along the sectarian lines as it would result in inevitable struggle for land. They need dictatorship, a secular strongman in power. They need Nasser Mk2.

Is there some rule that there can only be two sides in a war?

SPAM, SPAM, SPAM! Where is Jerry of Garcia when you need him?

Now Saudi Arabia has made it clear that getting rid of Bashar al Assad—the same dictator that Russia is actively propping up—has to happen, even if by military force.

No attempt has been made to minimize civilian casualties. High level Russians (Medvedev, I think) even said something dismissive, along the lines of “it’s war, people die”.