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US Air Force Goes Full-PhD Economist Retard, Blames Lack Of October ISIS Strikes On "Poor Weather"
On September 30, a Russian general walked into the US embassy in Baghdad and told US diplomats that Moscow would commence air operations in Syria in “one hour.”
It would be best, he said, if the US stayed out of the way.
The general was affiliated with the newly created Iraqi intelligence cell staffed by Russia, Syria, and Iran. It was both hilarious and intriguing that Moscow gave such short notice and didn’t share any information about who Russia intended to target.
At a base level, it was exceptionally amusing that The Kremlin essentially walked into a US embassy, told the US military to leave the skies above Syria or risk being shot down, and then walked out. But more specifically, the fact that Moscow gave only an hour’s notice and did not provide anything in the way of details seemed to underscore Russia and Iran’s shared suspicions that the US is backing any number of Sunni extremist groups fighting for control of the country. That is, Moscow didn’t want Washington to have the time or the information necessary to warn ISIS or any of the West’s other proxy armies.
In the weeks since Russia began flying combat missions from Latakia, the perception has been that Moscow’s warplanes have been far more effective at targeting extremists than American fighter jets. It is of course impossible to determine if the videos emanating from the Russian Defense Ministry depict what they purport to depict, but by all accounts, this is a far more aggressive campaign than that which the US launched some 13 months ago. It’s also been clear from the location of Russia’s strikes that although shoring up Assad in the west (i.e. securing Syria's major cities for the regime) was the immediate priority, Moscow has effectively established a no-fly zone over the country and, if you believe Ankara, Russia has even ventured into Turkish airspace a time or two (or three, or four).
Obviously, this threw the Pentagon into disarray. It was no longer clear where the US could fly without risking a dogfight with a Sukhoi, and it was no longer clear who the US could support with airstrikes without pissing off Moscow.
And so, with its bluff thus called, the US simply stood aside and watched as Russia and Iran began to systematically dismantle the opposition funded by Riyadh, Doha, and Ankara.
Or at least that’s how any rational observer would interpret the situation. But there’s nothing rational about Washington when it comes to foreign policy which is why the US is now taking a page out of the economist playbook by swearing that the “lull” in airstrikes against “terrorists” in October had nothing to do with the fact that Russia was bombing the entire country and everything to do with - drumroll - weather. Here’s Reuters:
U.S. and coalition forces are likely to increase air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in coming weeks after a lull in September and October, the head of U.S. Air Forces Central Command said Saturday.
Lieutenant General Charles Brown told reporters at the Dubai International Air Chiefs Conference that the reduction in air strikes was due to weather and to a slowdown in activity on the ground and not due to the start of Russian air strikes in the region.
And here’s WSJ:
The increase in raids on Islamic State fighters should unfold over the next few weeks, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Brown Jr. told reporters on the sidelines of the biannual Dubai International Air Chiefs Conference on Saturday.
“There was a little bit of a lull,” after a busy July and August, he said. Poor weather and a lack of movement of Islamic State forces on the ground hampered the ability to find and attack targets, he said.
Behold! Charlie Brown just pulled a LaVorgna.
If there's some "residual seasonality" going on here, The Pentagon could always double seasonally adjust the airstrike data.
And make no mistake, this has nothing to do with the Russians. It's strictly a coincidence that the US airstrikes in Syria stopped once Moscow started flying from Latakia (via WSJ):
The slowdown of U.S. airstrikes coincided with Russia’s deployment of combat jets to Syria and the launching of its own airstrikes. But Lt. Gen Brown said that had “nothing to do” with the U.S. efforts.
Of course not. The terrorists are simply staying indoors these days ... after all, the weather is bad:
"If they're not out and about, it's harder to strike."
Note that the weather wasn't bad enough to keep the Pentagon from paradropping hundreds of tons of ammo and weapons into the middle of the desert for the probably fictitious “Syrian Arab Coalition.”
So, as long as the skies stay blue over Syria in November, the US will get very "serious" about targeting ISIS and any other Sunni militants that might have designs on blowing up passenger jets over the Sinai Peninsula or burning Jordanian pilots alive or engaging in any other marauding militant shenanigans.
We'll leave you with the following quote from the Russian Defense Ministry:
"Twenty-four hours a day UAV's are monitoring the situation in the ISIS activity areas. All the detected targets are effectively engaged day and night in any weather conditions."
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US appaently carried out 6700 airstrikes against ISIS in the last year or so with no effect while Russia degraded ISIS in just 500 airstrikes.
ISIS was founded and funded by the US and its allies like Saudi Arabia
ISIS: The jihadist movement stamped “Made in America”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/07/30/isis-j30.html
USA, Turkey and Israel Act As Air Force for ISIS
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/08/usa-turkey-and-israel-act-as-air-...
Lies seem to have this cascading effect, piling one upon another and another and another.
The US arming of ISIS
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/06/03/pers-j03.html
ISIS sells crude oil to Turkey and Israel to raise money. Of course, the US is aware of that and can easily stop these sales if it wanted to.
The so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria(ISIS) began selling Iraqi crude oil extracted from oil fields which its seized in recent months and exporting it through the Kurdish region to Turkish refineries and from Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan ultimately to Israel.
http://whatsupic.com/economy-world/1407936162.html
I was gonna add, to a point of absurdity.
http://investmentwatchblog.com/1yr-6700-airstrikes-4bn-after-obama-vowed...
US had over 6700 airstrikes against ISIS over a year and achieved not even a dent in ISIS’s capability. And Russia has significantly degraded ISIS with 669 missions.
The Nobel Prize Winner was showering care packages and ammunition pallets over ISIS increasing its capabilities
Poll shows 81 percent of Syrians believe US created ISIS
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/09/18/isis-s18.html
#bringbackmysneakers
In Russia....the rain attacks you!
In the USSA.... terrorists attack you!
In Russia..... you attack terrorists!
In the USSA, you attack russia since terrorists are you!
New book written collectively by Congress "The art of the lie".
It's the greatest threat global security has ever faced...
http://motivationdose.com/electromagnetic-pulse-attack-emp-blackout-usa-...
Meanwhile the Houthis are taking towns and villages in south Saudi Arabia, outgunning the US-supplied Best Weapons Money Can Buy.
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/coalition-forces-dealt-a-devastating...
I wonder what the Houthi is for 'Saudi, eat shit and die'
Bad weather: Russian munitions raining down from the sky..
During my involuntary sojourn in a certain south eastern Asian country, circa early 1970's, I thought I had experienced BS piled so high and deep that it was inconceivable that it would ever be exceeded.
Well, a few decades later, and the BS pile is almost infinitely higher. When it comes to BS, Amerika is undoubtedly #1
Latina, I was in at the same time, it took me longer to realise the lies, but eventually "got it". It is now possible to look back at those years as a golden age of honesty, the media even, from time to time, had a real news report on Vietnam. Today the lies are so thick and relentless, they are shameless in their lies. Since therre is NO MEDIA to report real news, their freedom to lie is limitless.
Russian intelligence while preparing their air campaign found a unique area of small abandoned villages in the South East of Syria. War forced the people out long ago, no major fighting takes place there, yet Russian air photos detected a huge bomb crater pattern at random over that entire area, with no logic behind the strike patterns. They suspect that this is where the US airstrikes went to dump their loads, and chalk up another attack on ISIS. Apparently, no other explaination seems to fit such a heavily bombed area of nothing!
The answer Jack, lies in nature. We simply need to plant more trees.
http://s18.postimg.org/3pkn641sp/cbk.jpg
Aleppo weather in October;
http://www.accuweather.com/en/sy/aleppo/313468/october-weather/313468?mo...
Seems like it would be nice if it wasnt for the assholes bombing the shit out of it.
When the rain's composed of ordnance, you need one hell of an umbrella.
10/1/2015
29°
13°
4 mm
28°
14°
Fri
10/2/2015
26°
16°
3 mm
28°
14°
Sat
10/3/2015
30°
16°
0 mm
28°
13°
Sun
10/4/2015
30°
15°
0 mm
27°
13°
Mon
10/5/2015
29°
13°
0 mm
27°
13°
Tue
10/6/2015
27°
14°
0 mm
If that's bad weather, I want some.
Jack Burton, I was young, dumb and full of cum. Certainly I thought we were doing the right thing (tm). Problem was watching what our officers and NCO's did, and the outright lies on body counts. Today, you can usually tell who served by watching the audience at a circus: they are ones who don't laugh at the clowns.
I pray that my kids and grandkids will never involuntarily have to watch the same clown shows.
I think BS is the US's last major product that's produced domestically still and still is exported.
Problem is for the tools in power, I don't think the world is buying it as much anymore. Let's hope the US "elites," soon have to "eat" their built-up inventories.
One must realize the potential of a terrible outcome when one sleeps with strangers.
So can the same fate befall those that sleep with other countries for their own perverted purposes.
@ justobserving
absolutely great posting-- 100% all comments
just adding ports to bring home the absurdity of MIC/Pentagon/Imperialist USSA, pov!
"Turkey: Satellite of Ports" http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/TUR.php
it's global warming's fault, darn it!
Also, don't forget that while Russia is being threatened with ISIS terrorism for their month-long campaign, the US received no threats for over a year-long campaign.
So either the US military is so incompetent, that the islamists don't mind it's there, or the US is not bombing the ISIS and instead bombs civilian targets, thus making the ISIS advance easier.
US deploys F-15s to Syria, targeting Russian jets
By Thomas Gaist7 November 2015
The US will send a squadron of F-15C fighter jets to Turkey’s Incirlik air base, the US Defense Department (DOD) announced on Friday. The nature of the US war planes, which are specifically designed for dogfighting with other highly advanced fighter jets, indicates that the deployment carries a significance far beyond what its small scale would suggest.
The F-15 line of combat jets was developed in response to the unveiling in 1967 of the Soviet Union’s MiG-25 “Foxbat” interceptor.
Because they are designed for air-to-air combat against other major powers, the US has, until now, seen no need to deploy the F-15C model to its Middle Eastern and Central Asian war theaters, where the opposing forces have no warplanes.
The sudden deployment, coming less than two months after Russia began sending its own SU-30 fighters to its new airbase at Latakia, makes clear that the jets have been deployed in response to Moscow’s air campaign.
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/11/07/syri-n07.html
If you like your F-15s, you can keep your F-15s.
If the US can not win in Afghanistan, why the United States can win in Russia or China?
The war against countries such as Russia or China, will mean death to the United States. It is true with a five-time guarantee.
Clever observation.
Hadn't thought about that yet.
Chapeau!
Speaks Volumes allseeing..., great observation.
The real concern for the Obummer administration seems to be Los Angeles. The Drudge Report has a link to a Los Angeles Times article about a nightime closure of Pacific Ocean airspace near LA that will force passenger jets to take a route over heavily populated areas as they approach LAX.
Lies and more lies and the traitors Obama has working for his New World Order administration get away with it. News reports attacking Ben Carson for some fibs on his background, exaggerations that pale in comparison to lies of omission from Obama on how he got into Columbia University with a "B-" average.
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Friday, November 06, 2015 11:59PM
LOS ANGELES (KABC) --
Mysterious maneuvers over the Pacific are forcing a change in Los Angeles International Airport landings late at night, meaning noise for thousands of people in the flight path.
Instead of landing from the east over Inglewood, planes begin flying from the west and over the ocean to keep noise levels down, but due to secret military operations, the airspace over the Pacific is closed to incoming flights for the next week.
http://abc7.com/news/secret-military-operations-to-divert-lax-planes-for...
Mary Ellen DIgregorio (Los Angeles Times comment to this article)
The government exists to serve and protect us. However, under Obama, the government has become increasingly weaponized, (IRS attacking conservatives and pro Israeli groups, DOJ attacking S&P after its downgrade, DOJ use of the Espionage Act to spy on reporters during an election season, EPA attacking Gibson Guitars, NLRB attacking Boeing, EPA attacking fossil fuels, gun dealers and gun owners through Operation Choke Point and Operation Fast and Furious) or politicized (bogus government stats on unemployment and inflation, alteration of CIA Benghazi talking points, Berghdal get-out-of-jail-free card, manipulating the census, plot for FCC newsroom monitors)
Welcome to the United States of Obamaville.
"The left hand knows not what the right hand is doing."
Obama shits in his left hand, transfers it to his right hand and flings it at the American people. Many of the foolish sheep eat it up as truth with the media spooning it out for him without checking for the obvious lies.
He never wanted to take out ISIS, they are his JV team, set in place to take out Assad.
Charlie don't golf.
Lieutenant General Charles Brown...is indeed brown. Was he an affimative action promotion?
Posting all of Joe Fivehead's weather tweets is an instant classic.
On a rainy day, with the family out and nothing left doing for the week, Zero Hedge's thumbnails and the infamous Sponge Bob road rage video never fail to provide hilarity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GihuUYmoMXU
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/11/putin_crony_found_dead_in_dc...
OT but hey Tylers have you covered this yet ... Putin crony found dead in DC hotel room on Friday
I'm sure it was "natural causes"......or coulda been "suicide"
RT drives the neocons/neoliberals crazy since it is an effective counter to the endless stream of lies called the USSA mainstream media. Who benefits fromthe founder of RT's death?
Not Putin or Russia, so draw your own conclusions.
"Suicide?" As in, shot twice in the head like Gary Web & Vince Foster?
Just like Andrew Breitbart died of a heart attack at 43...
And Michael Hasting's motor "flew out" of his car...
Maybe he was killed by the weather.
Yes, I believe they call it a "local weather event."
Interesting how the author claims it's a bit premature for RT to say he died from a heart attack before the autopsy while in the same breath comes to the conclusion that Putin had him assassinated before there is an investigation.
My question is, who is better served by his death, Putin or the CIA?
Both.
Either way, not a situation you want to find yourself in.
I'm pretty sure they will blame his death on the weather.
from that article: "In fact, even if the cause of death was a heart attack, the old KGB were experts at making murder appear to be death by natural causes. Why Putin would want Lesin dead isn't immeditately clear[...]"
I note the immediate insinuation is that he was killed on Putin's orders. Maybe. But it's just as likely he was killed by one of the American alphabet agencies to send a message to Putin. Not surprising considering that RT is making waves across the West with its alternative view of geo-politics and reporting of news that Western news agencies ignore.
Breaking News: press Tv is reporting saudi warship has been destroyed off the coast of yemen.....if this is true, which it seems to be, is this war, that we're feeling?
Fars News Article: "Yemeni forces destroy 4th Saudi warship"
It couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of sub-humans(!)
Yemeni Houthis are doing well, the saudi chimpanzees have opened the door to getting the sheite kicked out of them by very angry and justified people.
Washington is sounding more and more like North Korea with each passing day. Even Baghdad Bob had more credibility than these clowns.
They should have said the dog ate their flight plans.
Obama's FSA will applaud his prudency and restraint............for the children
@ dr.engali
funny you mention north korea. for the past several years there have been highly secretive talks regarding the unification of the south with the north on the korean peninsula.
the ussa can't ever afford this concilliatory dialogue amongst the hermit kingdoms?
we have never left the south! our military infrastructure in s. korea is second only to japan [esp.Okinawa, etel...Hiroshimaetc.,] huge USSA presence.
south korean's can't stand the us military all over the island and have great empathy for the north, knowing that, kim's 'wild card' is all that keeps the MICs from destroying the north and in turn the south when asshole baby`bush spoke of the 'axis of evil'... ironically was never about afghanistan-- but all about iraq, iran, n. korea, syria, and libya!
'The First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)' http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_first_sino_japanese.html .html
'The Treaty of Portsmouth: Russo-Jap War (1904-1905)' 'Liadong Peninsula & Shandong'[?!?] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Portsmouth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaodong_Peninsula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shandong
*Shandong was a Nazi[?] late 19th, early 20th century protectorate
real live-fire`flash points of contention in the 'pivot to-asia' zone, once hitlary is elected president.
again, just thought it was interesting you brought up n. korea when the entire planet is on the verge of collapse financially???
As near as I can tell the US was flying in aircraft from 1,000 miles away, requiring multiple aerial refuelings, and costing a fortune in maintenance time and pilot time. The Russian bases are within a hundred miles or so from the initial targets. Basically their effectiveness is going to be 5x or 10x that of the American forces.
And I guess we all assume the Russian ROE are much more weather-tolerant than the US.
a bombing sortie is a bombing sortie. It isn't measured by how many times a pilot has to refuel. If the US flew 6700 sorties that was 6700 bombing runs (assumed). I don't think that would make the Russians 5X more effective because they were 2 hours closer.
Billions spent for "defense" in the US. Maybe that's the problem. The Russians are attacking ISIS, the US defending against them? Seems confused. So if the US really wants to fight ISIS, they would have to go on the offense, identify targets, and attack and eliminate them. So the US needs a brand new military branch, named the "Department of Offense". Problem is, each day the Russians likely would get there first. They are obviously a lot better at this than the US.
P.S. Yes, yes. I know there are already a lot of "offensive" departments in US government. Like the IRS or NSA. LMAO!
"Poor weather" didn't seem to bother Russians jets.
"Strong and safe"
https://www.rt.com/news/321151-syrian-airforce-hama-base/
I have massive respect for the Syrian people, their army and air force. The jets are older Mig-21s and other planes plus old bombs but they fight on. The Syrians have not caved to the NWO banksters.
Americans, Brits, Germans, Swedes are cowards by comparison.
Also total respect for the Russians and others helping Syria.
I think the Russians design their military and its equipment to be effective, not to make billions for corporations.
F35 springs to mind.
So, what's the problem numb nuts?
Even if it's snowing, target co-ordinates are still the same.
Bad weather can't be used as an excuse the same way as "fixing" the employment numbers or the GDP or anything else that perpetuates the myth that Amerika IS "exceptional".
This is why govt controlling climate change is critical.
Once we can manage weather, we can wage all sorts of fucking awesome wars!
+100!
Once we can manage weather? We have already perfected weather weaponry. We witness our creation everyday over the skies of the world. Some of the largest 'weather related' catastrophes were managed events; Pakistan flood, London flood, California drought, Texas drought, east coast freeze-outs, ice balls in the Great Lakes.
So this crap about weather preventing air strikes is complete nonsense and an outright falsehood... as in LIE.
Sand, must be all that sand being blown everywhere, getting in everything, thats it, sand...
The US Air Farce is just blowing up old ordinance so that new can be purchased from the Bankster MIC. Follow the money.
Within one month the Syrian Army is advancing and retaking areas that had been taken by US ally Al Qaeda, Nunsra, moderate terrorist, or whatever they call them these days.
Soon our sons and daughters will be proudly fighting and dying alongside these "moderate" terrorists against the evil Russia.
AmeriKans can once again be proud.
ZH doesn't get it. 90% of US population (not citizenry because citizen is not PC) don't even know where Syria is located let alone Asia. So the undereducated populace will take the MSM and this administration's word at face value. Weather is a common denominator for the uninformed.
WE'RE DOOMED! Remember these people vote.
the fastest demographic in America does not even speak English, and they "vote" too. We are doomed, and we have let the zionists in the medai and Washington do it to us.
And to Russia we say 'Watch out, we will strike first if necessary!'.
'That is if the weather permits it of course....'
It was both hilarious and intriguing that Moscow gave such short notice and didn’t share any information about who Russia intended to target.
"Short Notice"?!!!...
You mean like when the U.S. Government overthrew a sovereign government that just happened to be on Russia's border while Russia was hosting a Winter Olympics???....
I think that's a little more intriguing than slipping into a Middle East Country the U.S. military has been systematically been losing for the last 7 years using paid mercenaries to do all of it's work and declaring it total chaos and destruction of two secular government(s) "victory"!!!
Putin "Weather, what weather ? Islamic State is not a democracy so the weather has no say in the matter."
Anybody notice the CNN headline earlier?
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/07/middleeast/russian-plane-crash-egypt-sinai...
So another passenger jet managed to dodge a missile on AUGUST 23rd (one day before the market meltdown).
And why are we only finding out about this today?
Heard it also this morning.
But it missed so i did not make the headlines in August.
Over time we will get more and more used to these little incidents.
I think that someone misquoted the reason that the Pentagram gave.
It wasn't because of the Weather, but because of the WHETHER: Whether or not the Russian general's advice (to Stay Out) would be a military and political climate they could 'Weather', w/o having enough BOTG (Boots On The Ground).
So, does having 50 pairs of non-white hiking Nikes constitute 'Credible BOTG'?
Probably not. No wonder that the Zio-MIC mouthpiece -- Sen. McInsane -- is ready to flail his arms and pop an artery.
Hey Kirk
Admit it. Call them for what they are in the Anglo-American covenant...
Punk Assed Bitches!!!
The U.S. taxpayer should be mighty pissed that they've been paying for "all weather fighters" all these years that they now know they don't have!...
Well thank God the Russians have them!!!
That doesn't bode well for those F-35's we ordered.
It is mostly bad weather over here.
That doesn't bode well for those F-35's we ordered.
It is mostly bad weather over here.
Let me translate for you
Bad Weather = Advanced Russian A2/AD!
Got that one right Spanish those F-35s and "Rusters" won't see it comin!!!
P.S.
American military is so frustrated at the situation of not being able to fly due to the bad weather, they give Putin a "Pearl Harbor" by shooting down a Russian civilian passenger plane!...
Imagine being the U.S. Special Ops guy getting pysched up for Syria and Ukraine after your government does this out of nothing more than "total frustration"?...
Channeling Chris Kyle in the afterlife with the help of Clint Eastwood...
We need a movie to make the U.S.A. look better after a "ISIS Halloween event" with a little help from their friends of course that is a date which will no doubt "live in infamy"!!!
Thing is, if it's discovered that the A321 was shot down by a US missile from some nearby spot, would Putin allow it to be publicised?
That would require at least retalitory action or a declaration of war. He might prefer to get quiet revenge in his own time...
US aircraft have to be hangared in air-conditioned hangars. Russian aircraft are left out in all weathers, and like the Ak-47, they just shrug the shit off.
True smack. But at some point someone(s) going to have to get fingered for these crimes.
Belsan 2004, Volgograd 2013... Now flt 9268. And in each case Russian civilians were executed! I think the Russian Federation realizes what represents a fate worse than death for the Zionist troll and have played the hand masterfully.
Take away all of there money or should I say take away it's "worth" and you have their souls!... Who won't enjoy sitting back and watching another American civil war as the completely destitute in this Country are at each others throats not because they are being invaded or attacked, but because they are losing a way of life that was created long ago at everyone elses expense and the rest of the World is fed up with writing the checks to pay for it! ...
For the Russian Federation at this point and with the multiple act(s) of war comitted against them within the last 20 years, keeping enemies closer at some point has diminishing returns. I think Flt 9268 was that final snap in the "camel's back"!...
Time to pack it in and call your people home. After all they have witnessed just in the last year alone, if I were Russian and a career dip in Washington D.C., London, Tel Aviv and Riyadh I'd be writing a letter to the "boss" saying call me home or I quit!
Interesting ... :-)
Interesting ... :-)
How many ways does the rational mind interpret deranged lunatic for what it is?... Just imagine what might have happened if Russia had decided after 9/11 to pull it's intelligence professionals and dips out of Washington when they realized the fuckers were killing there own to invade and occupy 2/3 of the ME?!!
If the Americans can kill 2,800 of their own to start wars and occupations of choice and take 3 years to pull together a sham investigation of the "facts" then why would you want to put at risk the lives of your own foreign service in that government's "front yard" for 14 more years?...
From the lips of an American patriot no less!
Looks like the "straw" is weaker or the camel's back alot "tougher" than one would have thought!
Well that certainly didn't take long!!!
True, but the old saying about keeping your enemies close has its logic. As they say, "better to be inside than outside." At least you can know what they're up to. But be prepared to cut and run at a moments notice!
I thought F-35's cannot fly in the rain. This assumes they can fly. I heard they are lovely hangar queens. Very pretty to look at. The Russian stuff looks amazing especially the Su 39 and more modern variants and the platypus nosed Su 34.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-34#/media/File:Russian_Air_Force...
The Su 34 is a two man fighter bomber but it could probably take every American fighter except maybe the F-16. It is incredibly manuverable, fast and capable.
i read the other day that the F 35 program has been junked...thrown down the sewer-like much of our tax money
funny but the Russian's and Syrian's didn't seem to experience any weather related issues in october.
things that make you go hmm...
I take it that conference didn't go so well cause now we have boots on the ground, BUK's on the ground and air superiority fighters in the skies above. reports are that Russia has doubled it's troop presence in Syria with most military analysts saying it will reach up to 10,000 in the coming months. all signals point to DC being ready to do the same under the cover of "ISIS downed a civilian airplane". this despite the fact that the vast majority of the arms such as TOW ATGM's sent in by so called "anti ISIS coalition" have in fact ended up in the hands of those units fighting the Syrian Army and not ISIS
so the escalation from proxy war to direct war is gaining momentum. interesting to me is the deployment of F-15's to Turkey because they do already have a fairly capable air force of there own as it is. while the probably could not survive a direct large scale air assault from the RAAF long term, the Turks certainly can defend themselves against a few squads of SU-30's and maybe one squad of MIG-31 foxhounds though the presence of the MIGs in Syria has not been confirmed by anybody.
so once again, Washington is attempting to sell a blatant provocation of Moscow as an effort to re-assure a fellow NATO ally. apparently there are a lot of NATO allies that need a lot of "re-assuring" these days, many of which reside right on Russia's border as luck would have it. and what do they really need to be fully re-assured according to Washington? a fully functioning land based ABMS no later than 2018 right on that shared Russian border.
so here we are on the with a major and most likely nuclear war drawing very nigh and Washington seems to be doing everything in it's power to make sure that it is as apocalyptic as possible.
then again they have to do something with the masses before social security goes bust, imagine what will happen once the surfs realize their overlords pissed it all away and left them with nothing.
could get messy so I suppose it's better for them to send as many off to die now in a war than have to put down a massive rebellion in the streets at home later.
Washington's very own "final solution"?
Obama is one badass military strategist.
I know this is important and all but the real burning question is can a tranny use the women's bathroom in syria or do they have to go to turkey?
Depends.
I saw what you did there..lmao!
white leather tennis shoes: gramps, is that you?
Fuck the bear ant shit! Figure 400 fighter jets to prove it ready... Bummer no 2 carriers +200.
Eh? Come again?
Do these super dupers fly above cloud level to drop their weapons of 'Freedom'? I always thought they did, stupid me.
If it is the case, and trust me, I aint no expert, how the fuck did that satellite pick up the bomb on the Russian plane, when it seen fuck all on the two Malaysian ones?
They really do think us lot are on a par with both intelligence, and concentration span as them nation wrecking, child molesting, utter fucking incompetent cunts.
The weather? Aye right, take your heads for a shit NSA GCHQ, your arses are jealous of the shit that comes owt your stupid cuntish mouths.
Cunts
:-)
The narrative only has to be good enough to keep ZATO one step ahead of a disorganized citizen revolt of the current host nations.
How much did we spend on all-weather fighter/bombers?
Oh, forgot, you need good weather visibility to shoot down fleeing INNOCENT Doctors Without Borders MDs and staff as they run from the USAs AC-130 massacre.
Obama is a War Criminal and murderer of innocent men, women, and children especially when you add in the Drone atrocities.
ptoemmes, is that you Alfred?
BUT WHY DOES THIS MATTER?
TYLER DURDEN ALREADY TOLD US
ISIS WAS DEFEATED
AND ON THE RUN
AFTER A DAY OF PUTIN BOMBS...
we'd like to see the link to what Tyler really said and not the word of a actor from the Yiddish Theater.
Yes you brought down the house as Lady Macbeth.
But aren't you still four months in arrears with your rent? A small garage conversion in Korea Town?
Hey General Charlie Brown, you're a Dumb Fucker. And you're very welcome...
HAHAHA! The weather? It sounds more like the Fed.
99% of the Ragtag Terrorists in Syria are Foreigners who don't have the Toy Dolls to show their Feced Faces.
Bury your dead you Scum!
***And so, with its bluff thus called, the US simply stood aside and watched as Russia and Iran began to systematically dismantle the opposition funded by Riyadh, Doha, and Ankara. ***
The seem to have missed off Israel from that list... any reason why?
Maybe the Russian planes have windshield wipers and the US planes don't.
THESE RUSSIANS HAVE DESTROYED EVERYTHING JOHNNY [McCain]!
http://sputniknews.com/videoclub/20151015/1028540158/russian-airstrike-f...
Bad weather ? Reggie must of farted in that general direction.
Its funny to read a lot of these answers.
So many thoughts and so many theories.
The best answer is usually the most simple: The US Military is broke.
If you know people in the Reserves or Active Duty Military, ask them if they have seen changes in training, drills, tests, qualifications, etc.
They US military is broke. They are not doing anything significant lately. Ships are being brought home. Air Force attacks are pretty light and lame. The Navy pulled out of the Gulf without immediate plans to go back.
These are not the actions of a robust and assertive military.
The USA is the USSR right before the collapse. And for those of us old enough to recall...that change happened over a fucking weekend.
Yet they found the money to drop a stack of pallets two weeks ago loaded with tons of weapons for their terrorist friends. hhmmm.
probably planned and paid for 5 years ago-or surplus
Yup, dust clouds, Chem-trails, radar reflecting chaffe and all them anti-missle flares. Sort of sucks. US aircraft engines are made way to tight.
We don't want to get our planes dirty or wet...
Video of the day showcases a CIA supported Al Nusra terrorist blown up mid interview. (filmed yesterday). I don't particularly like to see people being blown up but these thieves and murderers are a possible exception. Shame on Cameron, Obama, Hollande and the rest of the puppets.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c11_1446899553#comment_page=2
Nice one :-)
That's excellent ! Earlier this week I seen one of a suicide bomber whos bomb cut him in half, and he still lived (not for long) while the camera man filmed, he knew his time was up, YUP, those dollars do well ! hahahaha.
Damn, beat me to it.
I am with ya on the people being blown up, murderers especially. Lets hope all the ISIS murderers face a similar demise.
I'm glad at least somebody is getting the job done. Let the Russians and Iranians have at it, the US has absolutely zero business in the ME.
The best series of graphic Syrian war combat I have yet seen are getting a little bit dated, but like I said they are the best. Search Liveleak for "The Most Intense Videos from Syria". There are 13 of them. By "kbdroll" One of my favs about 1 minute in in part three I call "tank shell face lift". Enjoy!
Grimaldus
damn.
may be the understatement of the year, but that did not end well for that guy.
can't help but wonder arty round, tank shell, MRLS rocket or airstrike?
at least the end came fast for him.
Artillery round, you can hear the gun fired a scant few seconds before the impact.
Ha.
Bla, bla, bla....... boom......Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Why no mention of Allah's Snack-bar?
guerilla marketing.
Yo, Ivan the pilot - got an order for a Saudi Sheik Shake! Coming Right UP, this one's on Vlad, it's FREE....
Weather? I wonder which WH idiot dreamt that one up. Perhaps the military needs to be reminded that their F-18's and F-15's are sold as 'all weather fighters'. Certainly the F-18's have to be because they are carrier based. The military must be seething at having to mouth all these ridiculous stories to the press.
On another topic, it seems like the Houthis are advancing on both the west and eastern sides of the Arabian Peninsula. I don't think the Kingdom is long for this world as Meccas is only 600 KM/ 350 miles from the border. Look for the sunni's to start singing the praises of 'peace' real soon. But the Monarchy? Well, it's toast. And just like that the Persian empire is reestablished.
As long as it does not rain, there is no shooting and no flying required then the F-35 should do fine.
... and so long as the pilot does not require a reliable source of breathable air...
Vladimir Putin,
You are a liar and a fraud who is a lackey of the bankers.
If you weren’t,
1) The Russian central bank would not be a private treasonous institution controlled by City of London/Western ruling class interests.
2) Russia would not accept fraudulent (unconstitutional, illegal) and not-even-worthless [because FRNs are not even defined as to exactly what they are worth] US dollars or Euros for Russia’s real and valuable oil and other natural resources, or for its arms sales.
3)Russia would vehemently have denounced the fact that Americans and Europeans are manipulating the price of gold, silver and platine lower by selling precious metal that they don’t have in fraudulent paper markets only, to the tune of several hundred ounces MORE than each ounce the West actually have available for delivery. [For each ounce of eligible & registered gold in Comex warehouses, the Americans already have sold several hundred ounces on paper.] Like all IMF member countries, Russia acquiesces that it’s forbidden to use gold as money…
Putin,
You’re a fucking traitor to mankind.
If not,
You’d have used fuel-air bombs on Raqqa (the de facto capital of the Islamic State) and exterminated these American agents before they tortured, raped and killed hundreds of thousands of human beings.
You would have hit the oil fields controlled by ISIS which finances their rape, torture and mass murder of human beings in the name of American- and European-aligned interests. You would have denounced and attacked the parties that buy this oil from them and destroyed their oil trade routes.
Putin,
You’re not a chess player. You’re a piece of shit.
Do you like the brain is atrophied?
Well I'm not a doctor, if the lack of intelligence does not allow you to understand it.
This must be why the NWO elevated climate change to the top of the threat list. It's so dangerous it defeated ISIS! I suppose the Russians were unphased because they had some immunity to this chilly weather and/or bullshit.