ThePest179

http://online.wsj.com/articles/estonian-officer-abducted-near-border-with-russia-1409928475

Banned four wanting two ban me four real.

Kermet the frog. At least most people would be able to understand me when I bsay something. Kill it with fire, or water?

The desk. Having a flamethrower, or electricity firing from your hands?

Banned for noticing my intentional misspellings of crtain words.

That I doubt. Assad is one of the largest reasons for this clusterfuck, and the WH knows.

There are no US advisors in or near Ukraine. Also, when I sais "many" I meant alot of them. Particularly Russians but also others like Armenians.

Life. Cheese, or no cheese?

Banned for not havce the song in your post.

RT is an abbreviation for Russia Today. Didn't know you weren't talking about me, sorry. Not really. Many separatists came from outside Ukraine.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29079052 The world turned upside down.

You mean the other 200-odd thousand were just so moronic that they could not tell where the rockets were coming from and tried to escape towards the front? What? First, the Ukrainian army was responding to a case of foreign aggression, and had to respond. Second, the Ukrainian army is not as trigger happy as you keep portraying them. They have shelled civilian areas and it IS wrong, but compared to the rebels the Ukrainians have been much more decent.

Banned for not havce tomato.

Granted, but it rains so hard you drown. I wish I was more important and less complacent.

Death. Death or life in extreme boredom, forever?

I wish for the nineties again. OT: Nope. Remember Ego Waffle commercials?

Careful, you might eventually have to apologize for being wrong at some point... (if they end up actually using the aircraft for attacks that is) Hey, if it happens I'll say I was wrong, but it hasn't happened yet.

You move away from the fighting, not toward it. And you refuse to answer my question of what the Ukrainian Army is supposed to fight the rebels with, considering that they fired on Ukrainian troops. Umm, what? Please don't tell me that you're taking RT's side.

Actually no. 1991 and all that. Remember when bin Laden wasn't a big name in America?

That did not happen. There were protests (not very strong ones either), then armed militants stormed government buildings and fired on Ukrainian troops, sparking a response. Not mention the separatists held a sham referendum which was considered faulty from the few U.N./Western journalists/inspectors there. Your own source shows this. Oh yes, and those defections? I've seen no verification to that, and they were much more likely to be desertion or surrenders rather than joining the separatists wholesale.

They were armed and immediately fired on Ukrainian troops who weren't backed by tanks and aircraft until a bit later. And what exactly do you propose Ukraine do to clear out the "rebels"? light infantry with zero armor and artillery?

If ISIS is "contained" (and at the rate they get volunteers from abroad and the alarming "total war" strategy they're employing, it seems unlikely to stay "contained") they still have a large car bomb and suicide bomber "industry" to use at their discretion. I thought BTG was out of it when he suggested ISIS would use aircraft in a Kamikaze style attack, but ever since ISIS took Tabqa airbase in Syria that may very well be possible (albeit with a great many difficulties, but still possible). Even if a "stalemate" occurs ISIS would still be able to trigger a large scale Sunni-Shia war and as a result, look like the "defender of Sunnis", and exponentially increase their membership. ISIS is making threats against Russia? I don't expect ISIS to do much except an attack in Chechnya or Dagestan, and I don't expect Russia to do much, being busy attacking Ukraine and all.

Starting in April, pro-Russian "demonstrators" and militants stormed buildings with very little provocation beforehand.

Yes, but thanks to a lot of factors in the US and abroad, every single forum I've been to has this creeping in through some form or another. Which reminds me... Does anyone remember when Iraq was a half stable democracy and not a complete clusterfuck? I don't...

Iran is opposing US intrests and want Syria and Iraq to be its puppets, the Saudis will never contribute (official) troops (and right now can't trust their own), and Syria is led by a brutal, genocidal, and sectarian dictator, who is practically handing ISIS fighters and will turn many Sunnis against us if we support him. A real military force in the region would be Jordan, along with as many anti-ISIS Sunni volunteers we can obtain. Otherwise, the US, UK, Australia, and the Iraqis/Kurds are going to be the ones doing most of the fighting.