Thank you Jan for your writings. I'm so sad about Syria which was perhaps my favourite to have visited. I have looked with horror at the pictures you took in 2016 in Aleppo and compared them with those I took in 2011. It's shocking to see the difference.
I am very disappointed that Russia and Iran are standing back and letting this happen. They will regret this. As for President Putin, I am very disappointed... for whatever reason he is standing back and letting this happen ... he, especially, will regret...
Yes, they all will regret. The only one happy over this is the syrian people. They are very happy. The 3 million syrians living in Tyrkia can now finally come home, and the hundred thousands of political prisoners are happy, because they no longer are tortured in Assads prisons. And the syrian people are happy because they no longer must fear Assads bombs and military. --
But many many people will regret, Putin will regret, and Iran will regret, and Jan Oberg will regret, and Bente Petersen will regret.
But maybe the Iran people are also happy, because they do not agree with the politics of the iranian mullahs- so only the mullahs will regret. But how long will there the mullahs still be the dictators in Iran?
Are you sure that it was the "Syrian people", and not Nato´s terrorist network who Assad - and the US and EU would of course also have imprisoned - who have now come to power in Syria?
Yes, I am quite sure of how I formulated that headline, but you cannot put everything into a headline. Look at the text as a whole, and you'll understand what I meant and what I am sure of ;-) PS I now see that, perhaps, your comment was not for me, but... anyhow, it is rather meaningless to discuss anything with Mr Erik Know Everything Better Hansen.
No, my reply was of course not meant for you, but for Erik Hansen.
I agree with you about Syria.
I understand there are limits for Russia´s military strength, and don´t forget that Russia, unlike the USA, is fighting alone with a weaker economic basis and without military allies. And Afghanistan where the Soviets supported a secular socialist rule which I see as entirely positive in light of what subsequently followed from Islamist terror, is discouraging since this UN-legal support led to the break up of the Soviet Union and thus left the stage to the US/Nato and their post-cold wars.
But on the other hand by leaving Syria to the vultures, Russia sends signals of moral and military weakness.
So what is next? Leaving Ukraine to Nato and its coup nazis?
As for your last question, I don't think the Russians will ever do that. However, Syria was more far away and somewhat less important to Russia. The Russians may also have the hypothesis that the present Syrian quagmire will fall apart for the West... I mean a war between Israel and Tyrkey with the US, Kurds and other in-between and a bunch of the worldä most nasty terrorist in Dcus. We shall see... Iran is probably seen as even more morally weak - and somehow both they and Russia abandoned al-Assad who, contrary to the reports, was actually a weak leader and not the Butcher he was appointed as. (The six security services were much more of a problem than he was...). Best, Jan
Yes, even Southfront Press now brings Nato propaganda about Assad and his wife. What´s next about Ukraine?
Thank you Jan for your writings. I'm so sad about Syria which was perhaps my favourite to have visited. I have looked with horror at the pictures you took in 2016 in Aleppo and compared them with those I took in 2011. It's shocking to see the difference.
I am very disappointed that Russia and Iran are standing back and letting this happen. They will regret this. As for President Putin, I am very disappointed... for whatever reason he is standing back and letting this happen ... he, especially, will regret...
Yes, they all will regret. The only one happy over this is the syrian people. They are very happy. The 3 million syrians living in Tyrkia can now finally come home, and the hundred thousands of political prisoners are happy, because they no longer are tortured in Assads prisons. And the syrian people are happy because they no longer must fear Assads bombs and military. --
But many many people will regret, Putin will regret, and Iran will regret, and Jan Oberg will regret, and Bente Petersen will regret.
But maybe the Iran people are also happy, because they do not agree with the politics of the iranian mullahs- so only the mullahs will regret. But how long will there the mullahs still be the dictators in Iran?
Are you sure that it was the "Syrian people", and not Nato´s terrorist network who Assad - and the US and EU would of course also have imprisoned - who have now come to power in Syria?
Yes, I am quite sure of how I formulated that headline, but you cannot put everything into a headline. Look at the text as a whole, and you'll understand what I meant and what I am sure of ;-) PS I now see that, perhaps, your comment was not for me, but... anyhow, it is rather meaningless to discuss anything with Mr Erik Know Everything Better Hansen.
No, my reply was of course not meant for you, but for Erik Hansen.
I agree with you about Syria.
I understand there are limits for Russia´s military strength, and don´t forget that Russia, unlike the USA, is fighting alone with a weaker economic basis and without military allies. And Afghanistan where the Soviets supported a secular socialist rule which I see as entirely positive in light of what subsequently followed from Islamist terror, is discouraging since this UN-legal support led to the break up of the Soviet Union and thus left the stage to the US/Nato and their post-cold wars.
But on the other hand by leaving Syria to the vultures, Russia sends signals of moral and military weakness.
So what is next? Leaving Ukraine to Nato and its coup nazis?
As for your last question, I don't think the Russians will ever do that. However, Syria was more far away and somewhat less important to Russia. The Russians may also have the hypothesis that the present Syrian quagmire will fall apart for the West... I mean a war between Israel and Tyrkey with the US, Kurds and other in-between and a bunch of the worldä most nasty terrorist in Dcus. We shall see... Iran is probably seen as even more morally weak - and somehow both they and Russia abandoned al-Assad who, contrary to the reports, was actually a weak leader and not the Butcher he was appointed as. (The six security services were much more of a problem than he was...). Best, Jan