Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his Results of the Year annual marathon yearender interactive televised discussion with the Russian public and the media in Moscow on December 19, spoke at some length on the recent developments in Syria. These were Putin’s first public remarks on the topic and, coming 12 days after armed opposition forces seized … Continue reading "Putin weighs in on the Syrian situation"
Feels like copium lmao. Putin said something here to the effect of “Would the US and EU be making connections with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham if they were still terrorists? No, didn’t think so. Therefore Russia has succeeded in its counterterrorism goals in Syria.” Which is just hilarious given how many jihadist fundamentalist organizations the US has backed up historically AGAINST RUSSIA. They’re saving face and doing realpolitik nothing more
Feels like copium lmao. Putin said something here to the effect of “Would the US and EU be making connections with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham if they were still terrorists? No, didn’t think so. Therefore Russia has succeeded in its counterterrorism goals in Syria.” Which is just hilarious given how many jihadist fundamentalist organizations the US has backed up historically AGAINST RUSSIA. They’re saving face and doing realpolitik nothing more