ARmy Rumour SErvice

I remember being 'gravely concerned' once, my toast kept burning regardless of setting. God we must be a ****ing joke to everyone.

I would actually laugh out loud (or LOL for the kids) if Syria or whoever we are gravely concerned/outraged at just said "**** off ballbag! What are you going to do?"

Originally Posted by jagman

I wonder what the Turkish F4 had photographed......

Sovie....err....Russian nuke tipped missiles?

Originally Posted by sunnoficarus

After the less than stellar performance of the Russians against the mickey mouse Georgians, if I were Ivan, i'd not be too keen on taking on the distinctly nails and well tooled up Turks.

They don't have to take them on, they just have to tell them, explicitly, not to annoy the Syrians. Game over.

Originally Posted by Biscuits_Brown

Problem for the Turks there arises if Assad says "touch me & my mate will kick the chilli sauce out of you, his name's Vladimir, he lives in Russia".

Edit:- Sooner or later the Russians are going to call America/NATO's bluff, they tried in Serbia but despite the best efforts of a certain Septic general they didn't really get the chance to showboat there. Syria (and their sole Med port) might be their line in the sand.

How dare you impugn the strategy of Wes the Weasel, his is the superior Intellect.... he went on to Brilliance I tells ya. Sadly though he tried to be Obamas Mil Advisor, thank god no one was listening to him though.

There is an article on the Economist about Iraq and the problems it is having exporting oil: via Syria is a very real solution but not under the current circumstances... Iraqi oil: Lots of black stuff | The Economist

Regime change anyone?

Originally Posted by Biscuits_Brown

They don't have to take them on, they just have to tell them, explicitly, not to annoy the Syrians. Game over.

You mean like when the IDF bombed some Syrian complex and the Russians just looked at their feet and muttered under their breath?

If the Turks say 'bollox' and attack, what can the Russians actually do other than huff, puff and posture?

Originally Posted by sunnoficarus

You mean like when the IDF bombed some Syrian complex and the Russians just looked at their feet and muttered under their breath?

If the Turks say 'bollox' and attack, what can the Russians actually do other than huff, puff and posture?

Exactly, can't see the Russians willing to chance WW3 to save Assad which is what even a punitive attack on Turkey could cause.