Ex-head of the CIA: it is necessary to stop the flights of Syrian aviation

Speaking in the Senate, former CIA director David Petraeus called on Washington to act more decisively against the Assad regime and its air force, reports Look with reference to Defense News.

Petraeus also said that the Syrian president should be forced to abandon the use of barrel bombs, "otherwise the United States would stop the flights of the Syrian air force."

According to him, Syria has become a “geopolitical Chernobyl, the negative effect of which threatens to have consequences for decades like a nuclear catastrophe.”

“The longer we allow it to continue, the harder the consequences will be for us,” said Petraeus.

"International peace and security do not require the United States to resolve all crises, intervene in every conflict, but the United States is obliged to resolve the Syrian conflict," he said.

The ex-director called Russia “an important political force,” but his current actions to resolve the Syrian crisis are, in his words, provocative.

“Putin wants to revive the Russian empire and is seeking to restore Russian influence in the Middle East, in particular, to secure his only Mediterranean naval base in Syrian Tartus,” he said.

A day ago, Syria confirmed receipt of Russian military aid, in particular, we are talking about "five fighters, a reconnaissance aircraft, and other military equipment."

Comments

[Vend]

So Syria has begun to crush ISIS and the opposition, since the US has done so.

[SRC P-15]

“International peace and security do not require the United States to resolve all crises, intervene in every conflict,

The United States spat on international peace and security! They are doing everything to ensure that these crises and conflicts appear.

[svetoruss]

I know only one “geopolitical Chernobyl, the negative effect of which threatens to have consequences for decades like a nuclear disaster” and its capital is Washington ...

[Uncle VasyaSayapin]

Petraeus Former, the Senate is not a place where only language can. Come on for an adult.

[Starover_Z]

Ex-head of the CIA: it is necessary to stop the flights of Syrian aviation

Well, that showed up - not all EXs in the States are adequate after retirement - there are also clinical ones !!!

[Byshido_dis]

I wonder what they are going to shoot down Syrian aircraft? And are they not afraid of the answers from the S-300 and Bukov?

[meriem1]

Let them try. They are looking forward to! There, someone with pathos said that the S-300 was not an obstacle for them. Well, we'll see. Spanking all their statements through the lies!

[Altona]

Quote: Uncle VasyaSayapin

Petraeus Former, the Senate is not a place where only language can. Come on for an adult.

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His tribunal for Iraq is still awaiting ... This is a war criminal ...

[demo]

Petraeus died, g.n.d.a.
And without your advice, 250000 people have been killed.

[hedgehog in the fog]

a barrel bomb, is that new from the section of elective carousels and sea coasts of Belarus ??

[sabakina]

Quote: hedgehog in the fog

a barrel bomb, is that new from the section of elective carousels and sea coasts of Belarus ??

I remember reading somewhere that during the war the Lufftwaf was dumping empty barrels with holes. They buzzed like trumpets of Jericho and the enemy was very scared. Probably talking about them. Well, if these are not barrels of sewage machines ...

[alicante11]

They buzzed like trumpets of Jericho and the enemy was very scared. Probably talking about them.

No, this is a barrel with a solarium or a mixture such as napalm or explosives with a fuse. When dumped, it creates a large damaging effect as from burning atomized fuel. It is also possible to add damaging elements such as nails.

[vorobey]

Quote: hedgehog in the fog

a barrel bomb, is that new from the section of elective carousels and sea coasts of Belarus ??

no .. it’s still the Nazis practiced ... an empty 200 liter barrel is taken ... cheeses up in several places .. wrinkles, loads into a bomb bay and is dumped on the enemy’s position ... and when this crap flies it makes such sounds that make it frosty on the skin ... and it flies for a long time because it is light ..

her demoralizing effect is high ..

[Alexander Romanov]

Quote: vorobey

. and when this crap flies it makes such sounds that make it frosty ...

Sanya fuckers they were Germans. I met with a flying empty bottle that was thrown from a helicopter flying over my head. I'll tell you life flew before my eyes, I thought they were bombing

[razzhivin]

a barrel bomb, is that new from the section of elective carousels and sea coasts of Belarus ??

A "barrel bomb" is an improvised incendiary device that is a cylindrical container (up to 500 liters in volume, in which oil is usually stored) filled with gasoline, nails, shrapnel and an explosive. Some modifications add cement or other material to increase the weight of the stripping. “TNT barrels” are literally rolled out of helicopters by the crew members, so aircraft flying at a much higher speed do not use this type of shells. Although such a blow cannot be called "pinpoint", the pilots perfectly see where and on whom the lethal load is dropped.

Something, this general did not bother when phosphor and cassette shells were used on the Donbas ...

[ZU-23]

Another star-striped idiot, clearly for the native Isis once experienced

[INVESTOR]

Syrian Air Force intensify the onslaught !!

[Uncle VasyaSayapin]

Looks like they pinched one place there, his "former" colleagues.

[vell.65]

I wonder how they will ban Syrian aviation flights when they meet in the sky with Russian pilots?

[marlin1203]

Is this amateur journalist allowed somewhere else and is someone listening to him? Something was crushed by the Americans PS And here the auto-editor is cool the word a mers for Americans changes

[Darwin]

Recently I read in one article that NATO made 7000 sorties against the needles, the results are zero. Looks like our planes are better or they didn’t bomb their own horseradish.

[Seryoga DV]

most likely they didn’t fly, in order to save)) it is curious how much one departure is estimated, on average.

[Kent0001]

This Petrius has the face of a maniac from American cinema, hidden but insidious and evil ....

[Slobber]

Well and right, we will repaint the planes in our colors, but no one forbade Russian planes to fly.
"otherwise the US will stop the flights of the Syrian air force"
But this is arrogance.

[Andrey Yuryevich]

were they offended by this?

[ermak.sidorov]

What is it? Fresh photo from the Syrian airport? As I understand it, our instructors squeezed out a lot of kg of white paint =)

[Tersky]

“The longer we allow it to continue, the harder the consequences will be for us,” said Petraeus.

The consequences are already coming, you just haven't realized it yet. The former clerk with a derivative from the cockerel "Petraeus" about the fried cock and the ass is clearly not in the know about the Russian proverb ...

[abrakadabre]

I am more impressed by the quote from Bismarck: "Do not hope that once you take advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russians always come for their money. And when they come, do not rely on the Jesuit agreements you signed, supposedly justifying you. They are not worth it. the paper on which they are written. Therefore, with the Russians it is worth either playing fair or not playing at all. "

[screw cutter]

And what about the expression on the face-face, how was it being buddied?

[YGV-97219]

Yes, they all have such physiognomy now! A trace of concern, so to speak!

[Amurets]

The preoccupation is very strong and the face will not be like that, but it’s as if it was skewed in the ass with horseradish and mustard shoved. Napoleon’s plans fly like migratory birds. that they were raped. In the coalition, Turkey; Iran; Syria; Saudi Arabia and Russia are not very happy with them. And China so removed two states from the US map, gave Alaska to Russia and took Hawaii to itself. And who will answer? Only the CIA. Where did they see what they advised? Though the former, even the real. Everyone is responsible.

[YGV-97219]

Apparently someone has a one-sided understanding of concern!

[Barboskin]

And if the Syrians forbid amers to fly. We are generous guys on the S-300.

[leo3972]

Also put s-400, so there will be nothing for amers

[veksha50]

Quote: leo3972

Also put s-400, so there will be nothing for amers

It's time to introduce a no-fly zone for "coalition" planes ... There are 60 countries in it ??? Consider half the world - a no-fly zone ... let them ride camels and fight ...

[Rader]

Quote: Barboskin

And if the Syrians forbid amers to fly. We are generous guys on the S-300.

And if the Syrians forbid amers to fly over the USA!? (So, just for fun) Here the high rises, even the demon C300 / 400/500
P.S. In every joke there is only a fraction of the joke

[DobryAAH]

These are all threats, the Americans are unlikely to stir up something serious, we are afraid of us and the theater of operations is far away.

[Amurets]

The Israelis are very afraid of the supply of these systems, because the country may immediately turn into a no-go zone. Therefore, going to meet the Israelis, the treaty of 2011 was broken and last week Lavrov announced that negotiations on the supply of S-300pmu and S-400 were not ongoing. Under the 2011 agreement, three divisions were to be delivered.

[rassel0889]

America is beautiful, but Russia is where there is power. The enemy will be defeated, the victory will be ours !!!

[rotmistr60]

“Otherwise the US will stop the flights of the Syrian Air Force”

What, again, they are dragging through the UN Security Council the announcement of a no-fly zone. When besides NATO no one has the right to fly. And the United States and its allies calmly fly and bomb. So it was in Libya and how did it end? Once again you are convinced that not entirely adequate people are sitting in Washington, but with great conceit.

[katalonec2014]

I’ve heard about barrel bombs many times (as I understood it myself), but I didn’t see in action what the filling is and how effective it is?

[Andrey Yuryevich]

Quote: katalonec2014

I’ve heard about barrel bombs many times (as I understood it myself), but I didn’t see in action what the filling is and how effective it is?

What is a barrel bomb? Her role in the Syrian war

POSTED ON 06.02.2014/XNUMX/XNUMX
From Syria regularly receive reports on the use of the so-called Air Force "Barrels".

http://youtu.be/AP-vjuDl6ZM

Video from the scene - people are trying to disassemble the concrete debris, recently representing residential buildings; hundreds of wounded in hospitals and field hospitals. Human rights activists document the testimonies of victims, eyewitnesses and medical staff.

aleppo barrel tnt

There are numerous videos of how Syrian Air Force helicopters drop incendiary bombs on residential neighborhoods. These shells here are called "junk" - "TNT barrels." In international terminology, it is a “barrel bomb”.

http://youtu.be/Kao-NwOhk3c

There are even videos shot from the inside by the crew of a helicopter dropping "junk"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkB7oE3Dibw&list=UUwQPGYqWJN8ok7acZK51XZA&feature
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WHAT IS A “DRAWBOM”?

It was possible to analyze its contents precisely thanks to the specimens that did not explode during the fall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M0sO5f7mx8&list=UUwQPGYqWJN8ok7acZK51XZA&feature
= share & index = 1

This home-made incendiary device is a cylindrical container (up to 500 liters in volume, oil is usually stored in such containers) filled with gasoline, nails, shrapnel and explosives. Some modifications add cement or other material to increase the weight of the shot. The TNT Barrels are literally rolled out of helicopters by crew members, so this type of projectile does not use aircraft flying at much higher speeds. Such a strike, although it cannot be called a “point strike,” but the pilots clearly see where and on whom they are dropping a deadly load.

http://youtu.be/LUttiJ2DTDo

For the first time this weapon was used during the bombing in August 2012, when intense fighting broke out for the city of Aleppo. Since then, their use has been recorded on video in other regions of the country. Some shells did not explode in the fall, turning into timed mines. Photos of non-detonating devices of this kind and other aircraft shells were also repeatedly posted on the Internet.

barrel TNT

baramil

According to a study by the Syrian Network for Human Rights over the entire period of the conflict, government forces used more than a thousand TNT barrel-type shells. Among the more than 2000 dead, a significant proportion are children.

SENSE OF APPLICATION

1. A “TNT barrel” is not only destruction. The metal “stuffing” and the incendiary substance inflict numerous wounds on people in the affected area, survivors have serious injuries.

2. The rebels do not compete in the air, which means that incendiary tanks (“TNT barrels”) can be dropped without risking personnel losses.

3. A “TNT barrel” will be cheaper than full-fledged classic shells of industrial production purchased on the foreign market. And a helicopter flight is much more economical than a combat aircraft (taking into account fuel consumption, the lack of which is acutely felt in the troops). And the damaging effect, provided that it is used in places of population concentration, is quite high.

The official number of victims usually does not include the number of injured, the latter in this case will be especially many and this will be severe injuries. Bottom line: the population is not completely exterminated, but it loses its legal capacity and will to resist. And the death toll from such air attacks is not so high as to cause concern for the international community.

[screw cutter]

I have only one question, why should government troops bomb civilians at all ??? Well, where is the logic? And then, why you can’t fire a large caliber helicopter? And yet, I looked at the videos and didn’t understand how the operators knew the place and time where the helicopter would fly and take off the bomb? this is one and the second time, adult men run and scamper in the shots and bustle, neither women nor children are visible, but among the dead women and children, and how can you show a child dying of dehydration while not completely dehydrated .

[aleks 62 next]

... I have heard about barrel bombs several times (as I understood it myself), but in action did not see what the filling is? And how effective is it? ...

... Well, it's about the same series as the rubber bomb !!!! ..... :))))))))

[veksha50]

Quote: katalonec2014

I’ve heard about barrel bombs many times (as I understood it myself), but I didn’t see in action what the filling is and how effective it is?

Probably something similar to Molotov’s cocktails ... Oil, gasoline, crude rubber and a little light ...

[sl22277]

Aggressively fight with the legitimate governments of other countries. The main terrorist on Earth-USA! The USA is fighting with those who are fighting IS. This is another confirmation of the support of the IG.

[roskot]

“Putin wants to revive the Russian empire and seeks to restore Russian influence in the Middle East, in particular, to secure his only Mediterranean naval base in the Syrian Tartus,”

Why is it bad here. Forgot your bases around the world?

[aszzz888]

“Putin wants to revive the Russian empire and is seeking to restore Russian influence in the Middle East, in particular, to secure his only Mediterranean naval base in Syrian Tartus,” he said.

Yes, we want. And not only in Tartus.
Dissatisfied in line for the door, and by appointment.

[pazuhinm]

Ohrenel completely. They do not like the fact that Syria is fighting ISIS ...

[Not served]

In general, I got the feeling that the CIA is led by radical Islamists and they act on their own, and the State Department then covers them in fact.

[asar]

"Otherwise the United States will stop the flights of the Syrian Air Force."

But this is unlikely, David!
No matter how you yourself are stopped, your mother!

[1536]

This bungler did not ask himself the question: "If the CIA in the 80s of the last century did not help the mujahideen in Afghanistan to fight the Soviet troops, did not train them in camps in Pakistan, did not supply them with the most modern weapons, then a terrorist attack would have been committed 11 September 2001 in New York and Washington? "
And what will happen if Syria falls? What will happen to the USA and the USA? Does he think he’s hiding at his ranch? A television picture with violence over him will be more colorful!

[Kapitanleutnant]

Evidence that the September 11 attacks made the Islamists in the studio!

[DobryAAH]

This is a murk about the Islamists. Imagine the teams of Arabs who captured the Boeings, sent exactly to the towers, to the Pentagon, and all of them managed the probability of such 0,000001. Bullshit ...

[DobryAAH]

Very well, forward Pedraeus, rather toward the goal, when Russia clears your mug.
By the way, the United States must constantly bark at threats and it is advisable to reinforce these actions with victories, otherwise the pro-American vassals will flee. With the first victories of Russia, immediately feel this drift, but it will be necessary.

[Oman 47]

The Syrians would declare a FIRST ZONE over Syria.
Jews, Turks, mattresses and other "members" of the so-called. the coalition caught a couple of times anti-aircraft missiles made in the Russian Federation, - all the vile chatter would be closed on this.
Syria is a sovereign state or where ???

[dchegrinec]

What isn’t a crazy blooper is definitely a crazy face! Such is the command of the West.

[ia-ai00]

So the threat to the World is not from ISIS, but from Assad and Russia ...
But it is not visible with the naked eye that the threat to the World comes from the United States and its offspring - ISIS.

[arane]

People, and what are barrel bombs? There are barrel cucumbers and tomatoes, I know! Do they throw pickles? Or a barrel with holes to scare the igil with a howl? Shaw tse take?

[DobryAAH]

Maybe it's a volume explosion? Himself at a loss.

[Alex_59]

Am I the only one enraged by these formulations? When it comes to the United States, they write "the United States wants", and when about Russia, "Putin wants." Why Putin wants and not the Russian people?
I increasingly observe statements of this kind in the West and come to the conclusion that this is an element of the information war, even in passing phrases say as if Putin is a tyrant who has captured the brains of Russians and Russians can’t decide anything and cannot decide, but he rules everything and terrible Putin. What nonsense is this? Putin could not have done anything if WE had not supported him in this. We want peace in Syria WE, and not Putin personally. And WE do not want to revive the empire, we just want to be given to live the way we want.
We need to make our journalists and politicians everywhere to speak at the international level in the same way - "the Obama regime wants to destroy the world in Syria and the entire Syrian people." Not the multinational American people, but Obama. Moreover, this is true.

[Rader]

Petraeus confirms the thesis that the number of "stars" and their size are not a reflection of mental abilities (only a "stupid" person can think that the overthrow of Assad can change the situation for the better), or such personality traits as decency and honesty (based on the first, it turns out that if Petraeus did not stand up and is adequate, then he hides the true goals of Washington's policy from his own citizens and "partners" from the EU)

[KRIG55]

Once upon a time, Colonel Zhirnov used to say: "A work of knowledge is a constant value." In this case, to the point.

[Black Colonel]

Syria has become a "geopolitical Chernobyl
TURNED OUT. YOU ARE STARBAND!
Putin wants to revive the Russian empire
And why not?

[russmensch]

How tired they are ... Only the baby still does not understand what the Americans are trying to achieve ..., with the hands of ISIL and others, to overthrow Assad (he does not let him breathe calmly like a bone in his throat), and then send all this schobla to Russia. Himself calmly torn the country and use everything that is there. So the "crazy" ideas about no-fly zones, an increase in the Russian presence, as well as threats to us about the supply of weapons and instructors to Syria begin ...

[veksha50]

"otherwise the US will stop the flights of the Syrian air force" ...

Hmm ... It seems to me that even today IT is already quite problematic for the USA ...

Do not boast, going to the army ...

[Lee_Mubai]

He is like a German Nazi, during WWII, looks like !!!

[LINKor55]

The key phrase is the influence of Russia in this region. The second most important phrase is to stop using bombs! So our Syrians and well hit the militants! But there is no Syrian crisis in nature: there is armed aggression by hundreds of ISIS and US-armed mercenaries!
By the way, what about the use of DURkaina cluster bombs? And the United States does not use prohibited ammunition? Such a statement must be answered by double bombardment!

[Riv]

Barrel bombs? This is a terrible weapon. Americans are still horrified to recall its first use in Vietnam.
Such a bomb consists of a cast iron core and a barrel-shaped shell of fluorine rubber. Dropped from a height of more than a kilometer, it was guaranteed to turn the American fortified area into a pile of rubble mixed with bloody pancakes that were once American guys. In places where such bombs were used, people still disappear.
The general’s fears are understandable, and judging by the expression on his face, he just visited a proctologist.

[Michael_59]

Quote: former CIA director David Petraeus

Syria has turned into "geopolitical Chernobyl, the negative effect of which threatens to have consequences for decades like a nuclear disaster"

This usaoid would have been more appropriate not to recall Chernobyl, but Hiroshima-Nagasaki.

[Wolka]

Flying from the Yankees even our birds do not fall into the dust ...

[bobba94]

David would have to deal with his women.

[colonel manuch]

Who is he this "ex"! It will indicate where Russia has its bases. We ourselves, again with a mustache.

[katalonec2014]

There are a lot of famous intelligence services in the world, but only the CIA managed to spoil in every country, I’m sure that this former director also did his bit, but now he’s out of work, but there’s the same thing. One thing is clear, if Russia really decided to create a military base, then no one it will not allow creating without a flight zone over Syria, and even more so, striking at the residence of Al Assad ... Russia took into account the bitter experience of Libya.

[galact]

Well, they already started whining. We do not start a war, we end them.

[seregatara1969]

usa against igil or against syria? that is the question

[pvv113]

“Otherwise the US will stop the flights of the Syrian Air Force”

The stupid statement of an incompetent ram

[gladysheff2010]

On the territory of the North American continent, it was possible to create ideal conditions for the reproduction of idiots, idiots and ignoramuses, in the photo for the article is another! They breed like rabbits !

[Bort radist]

He will forbid, your bans have ended.

"Ships of the Russian Navy will conduct large-scale exercises in the eastern Mediterranean. According to the Zvezda TV channel, the maneuvers with the participation of the guards missile cruiser Moskva, the patrol ship Smetlivy, the large landing ship Saratov and support ships will take place in September and October. ...
Sailors will conduct more than 40 combat exercises, perform rocket and artillery firing, work out anti-submarine and air defense, and help the ship in distress conditionally in distress.
According to the Defense Ministry, in accordance with the norms of international law, the exercise area has been declared dangerous for navigation. "

[PiP]

Putin wants to revive the Russian empire and seeks to restore Russian influence in the Middle East, in particular, to secure his only Mediterranean naval base in the Syrian Tartus

And why is it bad that Russia wants (and will be) a great (at least an empire, at least a state of workers and peasants)? In my opinion, every state strives for this ... The United States kakbe identity is not against being great)))

[twincam]

A day ago, Syria confirmed receipt of Russian military aid, in particular, we are talking about "five fighters, a reconnaissance aircraft, and other military equipment."

probably about these? )))

[Jarilo]

David you should lie back and enjoy it.

[aleks700]

Petraeus also said that the Syrian president should be forced to abandon the use of barrel bombs, "otherwise the United States would stop the flights of the Syrian air force."

Now this is unlikely. Perhaps the Syrian pilots, but the technique is Russian. But 5-6 pilots from among the Syrians on modern machines really prepare. But the most important thing, the MOST IMPORTANT, is spare parts, ammunition, equipment, communications, space reconnaissance. And Russian troops are not required to participate in battles.

[SPB 1221]

"Otherwise the United States will stop the flights of the Syrian Air Force."
And by the bulldozer from the Russian Air Force are not afraid to get, I think piss! But p ... not toss the bags!

[zombie]

Yes, they are accustomed to letting gays on such "vysera". This is the same down-and-out homosexual - look like a face torn by disproportionate yuhi

[andrew075]

"" Ex-head of the CIA: it is necessary to stop the flights of the Syrian aircraft ""

Don’t you STOP?

[Socialism 2.0]

"Putin wants to revive the Russian empire"
To my great regret, Putin and the Empire are not compatible - he is not going to revive / build the Empire.
Oil, gas and partners have priority in him :(

[press officer]

Quote: sabakina

Quote: hedgehog in the fog

a barrel bomb, is that new from the section of elective carousels and sea coasts of Belarus ??

I remember reading somewhere that during the war the Lufftwaf was dumping empty barrels with holes. They buzzed like trumpets of Jericho and the enemy was very scared. Probably talking about them. Well, if these are not barrels of sewage machines ...

Those. these ...... scared of empty barrels ???????? and so they decided in a foreign state to prohibit throwing such "bad" barrels at terrorists who destroy this country ?????????? And these barrels carry the same danger like a nuclear disaster ????? Someone I'm not catching up ... I only have a mat left ... and again I will be banned for it on the site for a day .. What can I say ... mattresses are clearly pissing on their mattresses ... because the IG will be defeated with our help .. and this is their brainchild, how to put up with it ..

[GUKTU]

The Syrian government has more right to shoot down planes that without permission violate the country's airspace.

[DobryAAH]

No, well, about a year or two ago I read about home-made products that are dropped from helicopters. But the fact that they strained Petraeus is news to me.

[RUSIVAN]

“International peace and security do not require the United States to resolve all crises, intervene in every conflict, but the United States is obliged to resolve the Syrian conflict", - he said.
The only thing the United States is obligated to do is admit its helplessness... and not fail to resolve the Syrian conflict.

[Severok]

Politicians and leaders with paranoid syndrome are the leading tradition of leadership in the North American states.

[PValery53]

The Petraeus are meaningless pawns who strive to impose something on their “elders.” They cause pity...

[Buffalo]

In the Arab media, information appeared that the Chinese military was going to Syria, the military and personnel would arrive in Syria within 6 weeks. On Tuesday morning, a Chinese warship passed through the Egyptian Suez Canal to enter the Mediterranean Sea
It seems that Russia is not going to fight ISIS alone.
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/chinese-military-personnel-expected-to-arriv
e-in-syria /

[Retvizan 8]

It’s simply touching when these ghouls, who have millions of ruined lives on their conscience, begin to teach us what is good and what is bad, talk about human rights, express concern, accuse us of interference!...