[Newsbot]

Title: Syria conflict: Russia's Putin orders 'main part' of forces out
Category: World
Posted By: martin14
Date: 2016-03-14 10:57:16

[martin14]

Ground forces mostly.

Interesting decision though.

[BartSimpson]

martin14 martin14:

Ground forces mostly.

Interesting decision though.

The Russian economy is in the pooper and Putin can't afford to run a war in Syria and try to conquer Ukraine, Belarus, and Georgia at the same time.

[DrCaleb]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

martin14 martin14:

Ground forces mostly.

Interesting decision though.

The Russian economy is in the pooper and Putin can't afford to run a war in Syria and try to conquer Ukraine, Belarus, and Georgia at the same time.

That was my first impression when I heard this news. Reminded me of the sudden removal of troops from Afghanistan before the Soviet Union fell.

[BartSimpson]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

That was my first impression when I heard this news. Reminded me of the sudden removal of troops from Afghanistan before the Soviet Union fell.

It's about the money. It's also about opposition to the war in Syria at home in the USSR where Putin's been attributing a number of Ukraine military deaths to the operations in Syria.