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At least the Turks know how to create a first class vacation destination in Turks and Caicos Islands. (Yes, I know, I am going all AOC).
Amazing, it’s like a blitz of bad State Dept and CIA plans, all hatching simultaneously because they know support is gone come Jan 20th. In one week we have pseudo-Maidan in Georgia, an attempted coup in South Korea, and “Syrian rebels” back in Aleppo. You can’t be cynical enough for these clowns. The theme as ever is to isolate Russia and remove politicians who might be neutral or favorable to Putin. Georgia, Korea, and Syria all have conservative presidents (including the winner of Georgia’s recent election), and border or have strategic interest for Russia.
All warships have left the Russian naval base in Tartus, Syria. According to satellite images from Planet Labs, which were studied by the BBC Russian Service, they were there two days ago.
Usually, warships are moored at the large pier closest to the exit from the bay.
The satellite image from December 3 shows that there is not a single large ship at the pier.
Two days before that, on December 1, three warships were still at the pier. They differ from civilian ships in their gray color and narrower lines.
Earlier, military OSINT analyst H. I. Sutton wrote about Russian ships leaving Tartus. His analysis was published in the online publication Naval News. "One of the vessels [based in Tartus], the support vessel Yelnya, was seen leaving Tartus on the morning of December 2, 2024, and there is information that some or all of the other vessels also left the city," he wrote.
Judging by the silhouettes and sizes, the frigate Admiral Grigorovich, the corvette Mercury, and the frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov may have been moored at the Tartus base pier on December 1.
The Russian Navy's logistics base in Syria is important primarily because it is the only Russian naval facility in the Mediterranean.
Its value increased in 2022 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, after which the Russian Navy could not send its ships to the Black Sea because Turkey closed the straits to warships due to the war. Military experts note that the withdrawal of ships and support vessels from Tartus may mean that the Russian command is not confident in the ability to ensure their safety. Another important facility is the Khmeimim air base.
Bonus simple question: what the fuck these fucks were doing in Syria?
How is surrendering a port "creating leverage"? If ships are gone and port is undefended, the leverage goes into the toilet.
I don't care how callous leaders are, ultimately you don't want to see your citizens die.
WookieMan says
I don't care how callous leaders are, ultimately you don't want to see your citizens die.
That never bothered Stalin.
Never bothered Johnson (LBJ) either. Nor Zelinski.
Zelinski is likely dead in the next 2-4 years. Putin is going to make him an example. Might be sooner.
It's pretty clear a deal was made and the regime members sold out Assad.
Trump is in France And it wasn't just Macron he met with, I'm sure.
No other reason how quickly the rebels advanced, with very little opposition, apparently. And probably under budget.
It's pretty clear a deal was made and the regime members sold out Assad.
Looks like partition time, with Russkies moving along from Syria but getting most favored partition status in Ukraine as part of the swap?
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I mean...ZILCH!