Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Syrian Rebels Advance as Iran and Russia Abandon Assad" video.
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No expert, here, but this reminds me of Kursk incursion. We'll see if this has legs. Surprise was achieved. Large gains in largely undefended areas. Bakeries. Cell towers.
The fact that there are so many sorties being flown, apparently by both sides, the state of air defenses in the area must not be very good.
I think Erdogan is trying to force Assad to the bargaining table, but Assad refuses to meet with Erdogan until all Turkish troops have left Syrian soil. I think this is definitely meant to hurt, but Turkey's using proxies, and not making a huge investment. Maybe it's just a punitive expedition.
I think it's shock and awe, where old tactics can still work because the areas attacked are not well-defended.
I don't think the Russians are abandoning Syria.
We'll see how it plays out, but it just seems to me that the West is trying to stretch Putin too thin, without any understanding of how thinly stretched the West is, and how it weakens itself due to deluded and frankly nihilistic leadership.
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