LOL, as usual false:
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/10/27/air-strikes-slow/74676196/ from 6.8 per day in August down to 3.6 in October, and during the last days almost nothing. Russians, in comparison, 934 in the first 23 days, so, 40 per day. Makes a little difference, I think.
LOL, for all the your complaining about supposed NATO sources it's very funny to see you cite the Military Times as a reference. Ignoring the irony and the hypocrisy, here is what you are ignoring. If you look at the chart in your reference, you will notice there bombing rates have been inconsistent. Bombing rates vary over time, they are not static. US bombing rates vary depending upon military need, available targets, and collation participation.
Apparently you didn't read past the headline of your reference. Because if you had, you would have read the following:
"U.S. military officials say the drop in airstrikes is not related to the Russian military activity in the area.
"The Russian intervention has not significantly altered the Coalition's targeting in Syria," according to a statement Monday from the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve"
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/10/27/air-strikes-slow/74676196/
And in fact, as per previous posts, the US has increased its military presence by introducing US ground forces into the country. As is almost always the case with you, you are not being honest.
I have not made claims about numbers, so, as usually, you lie. My claim is that Alewites and Christians would have to emigrate if the (US-paid) Islamist terrorists win. Else they would be murdered.
Well, here again, you are not being honest. Perhaps you can show me where I said you made claims about numbers? I wrote you inferred only Christians and Alewites were Syrian refugees while denouncing and casting aspersions on Sunni Muslims (e.g. your preceding paragraph) and ignoring the fact that Christian and Alewite refugees are but a small percentage of Syrian refugees. The truth is you either lied or are cognitively impaired.
As if what is secret and what is for sale remains unchanged. To explain: The usual way is to have the most modern variant for yourself, and to sell the older versions. So, if Russia has developed a new variant, the older variant will be sold. Elementary common sense.
Again you are being dishonest. As previously and repeatedly posted, what makes the referenced transaction noteworthy and relevant, is the technology Russia sold to China wasn't "older". It was Russian state of the art technology. That's why Mother Russia had initially refused to sell it. In another case, also previously referenced, Russia had initially insisted Mother Russia by more Russian equipment. China refused, and Mother Russia backed down and conceded to China's demands.
Of course it is larger, but it is not more modern.
Except it is more modern and that isn't going away just because you or Mother Putin issues a proclamation. Does Mother Russia have a carrier? No it doesn't. Mother Russia has never had a carrier, much less a new one. China does.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currently_active_military_equipment_by_country
That's why I have mentioned it. I know the counterarguments against isolation. The only point is that Putin's strategy is not that stupid.
And you think that makes any kind of sense? Apparently Putin is that stupid, because his aggression has isolated Mother Russia. Putin added insult to injury when he reciprocated and imposed trade sanctions on items Russia needs. Putin showed the world by shooting Mother Russia in the foot. Mother Russia cannot survive much more of that kind of Russian bravado.
It cares about Russian sovereignty, and security in a world where the US can impose every day arbitrary sanctions. In such a world, too much dependence on imports may be harmful, even if in a world without such problems, with free trade, it would be useful.
No one is threatening Russian sovereignty. What the world cares about is Russian flagrant and repeated violation of international law with its repeated invasion, occupation and annexation of its neighbors. The problem for you and your beloved Mother Russia is the sanctions are not arbitrary, far from it, nor are they only imposed by the US. Russia is under economic sanctions by a whole host of countries from across the globe for its illegal invasions and annexations of its neighbors.
So yet again, you are not being honest.
LOL. So, let's see. A document signed by Yanukowitch, all the opposition leaders, three EU foreign ministers, and a Russian representative is the result of "Putin's attempt" to do something evil. This attempt is bogus because the Ukrainian Nazis (following US recommendations) have violated it the next day. The reaction was the secession of Crimea. After this came the sanctions. Nothing has changed after this, Crimea remains Russian.
Except Ukrainians are not Nazi's, nor did the US have anything to do with the Euromaidan. This was just a European affair until Russia illegally invaded Ukraine. The issue here is Russia's illegal invasion, occupation and annexation of its neighbors and in particular Ukraine. The document you referenced occurred before Russia invaded, occupied and illegally annexed Ukrainian lands - your know the relevant issue here.
And in fact Russia has done what was necessary to force the Ukraine to accept peace talks in Minsk. Namely, it has given enough support to the Novorussians so that the Ukraine army has been beaten so hard that they agreed to peace talks. Two times, Minsk I and Minsk II, were the result of Novorussian victories on the ground. So, quite obvious who really wanted peace, and who has accepted peace only out of impossibility to win.
LOL...that is very laughable. That's analogous to torturing a prisoner to confess to crimes he/she didn't commit. There wouldn't have been a need for peace talks if Mother Russia had not illegally invaded, occupied and annexed Ukrainian lands. The fact is, Western sanctions and the threat of additional Western sanctions did bring Putin to the negotiating table. The unfortunate fact for you is that after sanctions were imposed upon Mother Russia, Russia halted escalating its aggression.
Tape? Link to the video, please.
Just read my last post.
Putin cares. Russian volunteers do not care that much. These volunteers have been active already in other wars after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, like in Jugoslawia supporting the Serbs against the NATO aggression, and in Karabach supporting Armenians, and in Pridnestrowje. These are established informal structures, from times long before Putin's rule.
Putin care about borders and international law? The only border Putin cares about is expanding Russian borders at the expense of his neighbors.
