1. Oh well
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U.S.A. / Israel |
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So much for that smuggling route.
Of course the facilities housing these S-300 surface-to-air missiles were completely destroyed. This is the Israeli Air Force, after all. Anyone remember the dogfight -- it went on for a day and a half -- between the Israeli Air Force and the Syrian Air Force. Israel did not lose a single plane, and it shot down 82 Syrian MiGs. Half of those MiGs were piloted by Russians. That explains Russia's reluctance to get down and dirty with Israel. Putin is wiser than he looks. He also remembers the beating that Russia took in Afghanistan at the hands of a handful of poorly trained Afghani irregulars. Israel isn't Afghanistan, and Putin will shut up and go away, just like a nice little tinpot dictator. He cannot go up against Israel, and he knows it. He'll suck up the multi-billion dollar loss (rough deal given Russia's current economic woes) and retreat quietly to the corner, where he will stay until the humiliation passes.
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