Iraq & Syrian Civil Wars - Page 364

The biggest military defeat that isis has suffered in more than two years. The recapture of Palmyra, the Roman city of the Empress Zenobia. And we are silent. Yes, folks, the bad guys won, didn't they? Otherwise, we would all be celebrating, wouldn't we?

Less than a week after the lost souls of the 'Islamic Caliphate' destroyed the lives of more than 30 innocent human beings in Brussels, we should - should we not? - have been clapping our hands at the most crushing military reverse in the history of Isis. But no. As the black masters of execution fled Palmyra this weekend, Messers Obama and Cameron were as silent as the grave to which Isis have dispatched so many of their victims. He who lowered our national flag in honour of the head-chopping king of Arabia (I'm talking about Dave, of course) said not a word.

As my long-dead colleague on the Sunday Express, John Gordon, used to say, makes you sit up a bit, doesn't it? Here are the Syrian army, backed, of course, by Vladimir Putin's Russkies, chucking the clowns of Isis out of town, and we daren't utter a single word to say well done.

When Palmyra fell last year, we predicted the fall of Bashar al-Assad. We ignored, were silent on, the Syrian army's big question: why, if the Americans hated Isis so much, didn't they bomb the suicide convoys that broke through the Syrian army's front lines? Why didn't they attack Isis?

“If the Americans wanted to destroy Isis, why didn't they bomb them when they saw them?” a Syrian army general asked me, after his soldiers' defeat His son had been killed defending Homs. His men had been captured and head-chopped in the Roman ruins. The Syrian official in charge of the Roman ruins (of which we cared so much, remember?) was himself beheaded. Isis even put his spectacles back on top of his decapitated head, for fun. And we were silent then.

Putin noticed this, and talked about it, and accurately predicted the retaking of Palmyra. His aircraft attacked Isis - as US planes did not - in advance of the Syrian army's conquest. I could not help but smile when I read that the US command claimed two air strikes against Isis around Palmyra in the days leading up to its recapture by the regime. That really did tell you all you needed to know about the American "war on terror". They wanted to destroy Isis, but not that much.

So in the end, it was the Syrian army and its Hizballah chums from Lebanon and the Iranians and the Russians who drove the Isis murderers out of Palmyra, and who may - heavens preserve us from such a success - even storm the Isis Syrian 'capital' of Raqqa. I have written many times that the Syrian army will decide the future of Syria. If they grab back Raqqa - and Deir el-Zour, where the Nusrah front destroyed the church of the Armenian genocide and threw the bones of the long-dead 1915 Christian victims into the streets - I promise you we will be silent again.

Aren't we supposed to be destroying Isis? Forget it. That's Putin's job. And Assad's. Pray for peace, folks. That's what it's about, isn't it? And Geneva. Where is that, exactly?

On March 28 2016 05:18 zeo wrote:
Biggest blow to ISIS in 2 years. I'm sure its no big deal.

Why are the Anglo-Saxon media ignoring coalition efforts in Syria according to you? Must be all the super top secret one or two bombs dropped a day that are hitting ISIS so hard they are just dropping their weapons and going home to Europe

As of March 9, 2016, nearly 11,000 airstrikes have been launched on ISIL (and occasionally Al-Nusra), killing over 27,000 fighters[104] and striking over 22,000 targets, including 139 tanks, 371 Humvees, and 1,216 pieces of oil infrastructure. Approximately 80% of these airstrikes have been conducted by American forces, with the remaining 20% being launched by other members of the coalition, such as the United Kingdom and Australia.

On March 28 2016 05:18 zeo wrote:
Biggest blow to ISIS in 2 years. I'm sure its no big deal.

Why are the Anglo-Saxon media ignoring coalition efforts in Syria according to you? Must be all the super top secret one or two bombs dropped a day that are hitting ISIS so hard they are just dropping their weapons and going home to Europe they don't want us to know about. Good job Obama you saved the middle east but the evil mass media news outlets don't won't to give you a win! They must love Putin! Thats it!

And the Kurds get round the clock coverage of every meter they take from ISIS.

edit: just look at this shit show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxs7yog_CjM

State department has basically become a salt mine.

On March 28 2016 06:34 zatic wrote:
Also, the recapture of Palmyra is front page news, at least over here. So no conspiracy there, sorry.

BEIJING - China has appointed a special envoy for the Syrian issue, indicating a more active role in addressing the conflict.

Xie Xiaoyan, former ambassador to Iran and Ethiopia as well as representative to the African Union, has been appointed to the post, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said at a regular news briefing on Tuesday.

"Xie, with a rich understanding of Middle East affairs, will fulfill his mission," Hong said.

With the Syrian issue "at a crucial stage for settlement," China has named the special envoy to better promote dialogue, contribute Chinese wisdom and communicate with other parties to facilitate a proper solution, Hong said.

Syrian government troops and the opposition are implementing a ceasefire agreement, and humanitarian assistance is progressing. The latest round of Syrian peace talks wrapped up on Thursday in Geneva.

As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China has played a constructive role in addressing the Syrian issue. China advocates political settlement as the only solution, supports the UN's leading role and has provided humanitarian aid to Syria and surrounding countries, the spokesperson added.

STUTTGART, Germany – The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, has authorized the ordered departure of all DoD dependents not assigned to Chief of Mission authority from Adana (to include Incirlik Air Base), Ismir, and Mugla, Turkey. This decision allows for the deliberate, safe return of family members from these areas due to continued security concerns in the region.

On March 30 2016 17:33 xM(Z wrote:
but it's fine, since you can ban them on the internet and then pretend they don't exist; ... because bubbles are win.

On March 30 2016 21:25 xM(Z wrote:
explanations aside, i was mostly questioning his outrage(first time out of his bubble and BOOM, he meets evil head on) and getting the psychology of humanity involved in all that looked very instinctual(which is somewhat ironic).
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