Boots Are On The Ground

[youngmafbog]

Well Russian ones.

http://news.sky.com/story/1564629/nato-chief-russia-has-ground-troops-in-syria

This is actually a very worrying escalation if true.

[anotheoldgit]

A very worrying escalation for whom? If the answer is ISIS then I am all for that, much better that putting our own troops at risk.

Why is it that only NATO and the West are allowed to put boots on the ground?

[Old_Geezer]

It depends on what they do. So far Russian involvement hasn't been a force for unity but an influence grab.

[Gromit]

This is old news. Here is a Reuters link from a month ago.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/10/us-mideast-crisis-syria-exclusive-idUSKCN0R91H720150910

Iranian and Hezbollah ground troops are the one fighting at the moment in coordination with the Russians to support Assad.

[Gromit]

Financial Times 21.09.15

// Russia is to deploy 2,000 military personnel to its new air base near the Syrian port city of Latakia, signalling the scale of Moscow’s involvement in the war-torn country.
The force will include fighter aircraft crews, engineers and troops to secure the facility, said another person briefed on the matter. //

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/95971a4e-607d-11e5-a28b-50226830d644.html

[bazwillrun]

The ruskie special forces wont muck around...they wont be held and imprisoned on murder charges for taking thes scum out of the game..

[Orderlimit]

Off topic but see attached report:

https://strategika51.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/syrie-duel-aerien-entre-des-sukhoi-su-30-sm-russes-et-des-f-15-israeliens/

if you haven't got auto-translate then similar wording:
http://defence.pk/threads/air-duel-between-the-sukhoi-su-%E2%80%93-30-russian-sm-and-israeli-f-15.401468/

This "incident" between Russian and Israeli warplanes struck stupor command of the Israeli Air Force, which held that a possible air battle between the Israeli F-15 and the Russian Su-30 would have led to the destruction of four Israeli aircraft.

"This incident indicates that the protection of Syrian airspace is now under the protection of the Russian air force".