[Newsbot]

Title: Russia tells Washington: talk to us over Syria or risk 'unintended incidents'
Category: World
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2015-09-11 07:06:17
Canadian

[N_Fiddledog]

$1:

Some of the Russian troops reportedly being sent to Syria are from the same brigade that helped annex Crimea, according to a lengthy investigation conducted by Ruslan Leviev, a specialist in social-media intelligence.

The Kremlin has declined to comment, but, if true, �the deployment of an elite unit from Crimea, which inaugurated Russia�s standoff with the West, is an intriguing choice,� writes The Daily Beast�s Michael Weiss.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world ... nex-crimea

[BartSimpson]

Syria is not our problem and we need to stay out of it. Period.

[CountLothian]

It's Viet Nam all over again.
In the sense the North Vietnamese got their military expertise and hardware from Russia, once the Americans stepped up to the plate.

http://in.rbth.com/blogs/2015/04/30/vietnam_war_the_critical_role_of_russian_weapons_42917.html