Military operation in Syria may begin in the coming days

August 27 2013 680

The US authorities promise in the coming days to publish a report on the use of chemical in Syria weapons. The corresponding order was signed by the head of the White House, Barack Obama. In Washington, there is almost no doubt that the toxic substances were used by the Bashar al-Assad regime. To find out whether it is so or not, a special UN commission is trying, which is now working in the Arab Republic. And the world media, meanwhile, is confident: the United States and European allies are ready at any moment to launch a military operation in Syria.

Will the Western countries begin a military operation in Syria, and if so, when? Worldwide, analysts are trying to answer this question, and are eagerly awaiting the results of the investigation of the UN commission. Experts should find out whether chemical weapons were used in the Arab Republic. Experts arrived in the 26 region of August and almost immediately came under fire.

“I was informed that a sniper had fired at the commission’s column. Despite this, our team returned to Damascus and continued its work. The experts visited two hospitals, talked to the victims, witnesses and doctors, and also took some samples. - said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Without waiting for the outcome of the investigation, Washington in absentia accused Bashar al-Assad of using prohibited weapons. The White House allegedly has irrefutable evidence. True, what exactly, do not say.

"We will continue consultations with Congress. President Barack Obama will continue to negotiate with our key allies to decide how to respond to the use of chemical weapons in Syria. But make no mistake, President Obama is sure that those who use chemical weapons cannot be forgiveness, "- categorically John Kerry, US Secretary of State.

A little to defuse the situation tried US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. During a visit to Indonesia, he said that America was not going to start a new war.

“Until we collect all the facts, and we will not be absolutely sure what exactly is happening in Syria, I will not be able to talk about the further actions of the United States and their consequences,” he said.

If the international military campaign against Syria does begin, the European allies will support the United States. First of all, the UK and France will go for it. Germany also promises not to stand aside.

"The use of chemical weapons is a crime against humanity. If reports of poisoning by the Bashar al-Assad regime are proven, the international community must take action. And Germany will not stand aside," said Guido Westerwelle, the German foreign minister.

Moscow, in turn, opposes military intervention. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged Western partners to follow international agreements on Syria, reached earlier.

“I think we are already seeing the dire consequences of previous interventions in conflicts in this region. Look at what is happening in Libya. The central government, with which we maintain a dialogue, does not control the vast territories of our country. Arms went to Mali, where they were repulsed, but they are also feared in other countries, particularly in Niger and Chad. Look at Iraq, where dozens of people die every day and hundreds are injured in bloody terrorist acts. " - urged the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The newspaper The Guardian, meanwhile, believes that the operation in Syria may begin in the coming days. According to the newspaper, London has already transferred additional military aircraft to its air base in Cyprus. It is located just 160 kilometers off the coast of Syria. The air base in Akrotiri is expected to become the main transport hub of the military campaign. In this capacity, she has already acted during the international operation in Libya in 2011.

And the publication of The Washington Post conducted a survey among readers: is it worth Western countries to intervene in the Syrian conflict? Nearly two thirds of readers are opposed. In the comments to the article, users are reminded of the events in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. People believe that the United States is now more than ever close to unleashing another senseless bloody war.

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Ross

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27 August 2013 22: 19

Quote: Pimply
Quote: domokl
There are excellent weapons systems that can handle us. The Syrians and Iranians will actually start fighting

Who will pay for these systems - with an almost zero chance of returning the invested?

Typical salesman question.
GREAT RUSSIA

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27 August 2013 22: 28

Let's start with why Iran will not fight. First, problems with the economy, why do you think the Iranians chose Rouhani, because he not only promised freedom, but because he was the most experienced in politics, and he also promised to solve problems with the economy. The fact is that, during Ahmadinejad’s presidency, the economy declined, this was accompanied by a decrease in wages, pensions and a decrease in the standard of living of the population. Second, internal problems, even if Iran got involved in a war, it would not be able to transfer significant forces there, because There are terrorist organizations in the country that are financed by the United States, there are also al-Qaeda bases, and there is also a so-called movement for the liberation of the Kurds within the country, which is essentially also a terrorist organization, and is also financed by the United States, and in the event of the transfer of troops this will give them a free hand. And third, even if these two factors do not cause serious harm, (which is already fantastic) the United States will easily destroy both Air Force bases and all strategically important facilities (ammunition storage facilities, command facilities, etc.) leaving the army without ammunition and control, without air support, in a word, without anything. Therefore, Iran will not get involved in this war since it will be a disaster for it. Now Russia, why won’t it fight for Syria. The first is also problems with the economy, now the RUSSIA economy can be said to be in recession, and Now getting involved in this war would be a disaster for the economy of our country. Secondly, if during the 5-day war RUSSIA had land borders with South Ossetia, i.e. could send significant forces there, then it’s a different matter, there aren’t even sea borders, so talk about sending the Airborne Forces and the Black Sea Fleet there is just a shake-up in the air and nothing more, since such an action would mean the third world war, which means ruin for the whole world. Third, why get involved in this war if you can prepare the next “victim” of “democracy” to fight back, and the next “victim” is not the fact that Iran, there are maritime borders and the country can be prepared for war, with the help of arms supplies, i.e. makes the usually costly business of defense profitable. And finally, why China won’t get involved in a war. The first thing, as always, is the economy; getting involved in a war now means for China a truly terrible and irreparable blow to the economy for now. Why would China fight with its main trading partners, i.e. . with Europe and the USA. The USA and Europe are the main importers of Chinese goods, accounting for two-thirds of Chinese exports. Although Beijing has adopted a policy of reorienting the domestic market (clearly anticipating a future confrontation with the USA), however, this process has only just begun, and this means wars with these countries will turn out to be an economic disaster for China. And finally, the second and most recent. For China, as well as for RUSSIA, getting involved in this war will mean a third world war and again a mess for the whole world. So neither RUSSIA, China nor Iran will be able to help Syria now.
GREAT RUSSIA

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27 August 2013 22: 36

why minus?
1. Anti
  
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  27 August 2013 22: 56
  
  for the defeatist mood
VPO

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27 August 2013 22: 38

In Syria, everything was as clear as 2 years ago. We understand that this seriously impacts our interests, and we need to prepare for the worst. Bashar is a true patriot of his country. A true son of his homeland. I think that Syria will fight to the last. It's all sad. I don’t even have the desire to predict anything or think about what will happen. I hope we helped the Syrians as much as we could. And some kind of sediment remained...
1. Karabin
  
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  27 August 2013 23: 21
  
  Quote: malware
  I hope we helped the Syrians as much as we could. And some kind of sediment remained...
  
  The aftertaste comes from the fact that they helped the Syrians, not as much as they could, but mostly in words. No serious weapons were supplied during the war. What Assad has is clearly not enough to fight even NATO air intervention, as Israel proved with air raids. The spring-summer successes of the Syrian army provided an opportunity for the supply and deployment of modern air defense systems and other serious weapons. This was not done, which will now allow the West to support the bearded ones from the air with almost impunity. And the West knows this, that’s why it climbs. I think the Libyan scenario will repeat itself.
GUSAR

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27 August 2013 22: 41

Does anyone else believe that Russia will somehow help Syria? Well, except for some kind of bullshit tongue-lashing in the stands of the UN and other offices - yes, perhaps, but then nothing will happen...
1. 31231
  
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  28 August 2013 10: 59
  
  Bgggg. Dada and the BDK carried gas masks and sapper blades there.
  
  Are you giving Maksimka Martsinkevich to the throne?
mitya-k

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27 August 2013 22: 54

And yet they are not attacking. Coordination of the latest actions? Abraham Obama, it seems, has not yet addressed ordinary Americans. will record it on camera and then broadcast it! Cameron seemed to be starting to make excuses, saying that we weren’t going to gather illegally! While the vinaigrette is bubbling, ducks are flying all over the media. What will the Nazis do?
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Kavosh

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27 August 2013 23: 16

Quote: mitya-k
And yet they are not attacking. While the vinaigrette is bubbling, ducks are flying all over the media. What will the Nazis do?

Now they are exploring the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, because,
on the Mediterranean Sea ships with bare ass, "God forbid"
a crazy person will run out from the shore with an incomprehensible pipe and hello!
If the aircraft carrier goes down, this is an end to American propaganda
invulnerability, this news will blow up the media, for haters of America it will be like a feast, they will become even more brutal against the United States.
That’s why Americans don’t go to war alone; if anything happens, everyone will be disgraced.
steel_balls

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27 August 2013 23: 45

Somehow events began to develop very quickly. In my opinion, it is already obvious that there will be strikes on Syria in the near future, otherwise the British would not have massed air force into Cyprus. Well, there is only one explanation for the silence of Putin and the rest of our politicians: they simply have nothing to say other than Lavrov’s “this is... very bad.” Just look at how news on Syria is now presented on federal channels (first they show the flood in the Amur region, then Putin’s meeting at the US hydroelectric power station, and only then in 1-3 place there is a story on Syria, without any official statements on our part, how would be hinting that our problems are more important for us now) in order to understand the further development of events and Russia’s reaction to them. Now I wonder what surprises our landing craft managed to bring to Syria, and how the recent trip of the Qatari sheikh (or who came there?) to Moscow influenced current events, because this is not the first attack with chemical substances in Syria, and something kept NATO from intervention, and now it’s as if they’ve been given the green light.
Druid

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28 August 2013 00: 18

Quote: Tox
The year 1957 repeats itself, then the USA + (France, England, Turkey) planned to intervene in Syria and only the firm position of the USSR in protecting the allied country prevented these plans from being realized. Soviet warships came to Syria on a friendly visit in combat readiness No. 1, and sailed in only 2 units, changing each other, although the 6th US Fleet was in full combat readiness in the Mediterranean Sea. The USSR was not afraid of war with the West,
They compared it...with a finger, Russia is no match for the USSR, and even more so the Russian army is no different from the Soviet one.

Quote: sub307
Assad will have to put it mildly, “not great.”
The army is a system, the Americans will destroy warehouses and infrastructure, and the pro-Assad Syrian army will lose its advantage over the “militants”; it will be no different from them.

Everyone is fuming, there are a lot of words, but no one asks or answers the question - is the defeat of Assad and the division of Syria into three parts really disadvantageous for Russia?
Axis - Iran - Iraqi Shiites - Syrian Shiites - Qatari Shiites - Lebanese Shiites and beyond, not the best option for the West, for the closest NATO country Turkey, for Israel
Axis - Northern Kurdistan (Iraq) - Kurdistan (Syria), in the future the likelihood of the emergence of a Kurdish state is not the best option for the closest NATO country like Turkey
In both cases, Russia has a better chance of improving relations with these axes.
The residual axis - the Sunni part of Iraq - the Sunni part of Syria, this axis is focused on the Sunni Middle Eastern monarchies, but neither the first nor the second have oil and other resources, do anyone need them at all, including Russia?... Is NATO needed, Israel, Turkey - NO. That is, choose whoever is not too lazy.

So explain what Russia is losing in Syria? Zyuganov's oil refinery?:) My opinion is NOTHING. There will be more prospects for Russia in the future than now.
Asan Ata

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28 August 2013 00: 45

It’s hard to believe that the United States will risk Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait. They would have started the war a long time ago rather than disgrace themselves. Obama still has no chance of a third term, so he shouldn’t bother. A matter of honor doesn’t work here, they don’t care what the world thinks, and there’s no honor. And most of all, the United States fears the fifth column in the United States itself. 3 million Iranians, I don’t know how many Syrians there are. After all, God didn’t give them ten lives. And the passing US Marines didn’t say anything about the war, they have other concerns - where to drink and who to shove, what to do if they put a blue one in your Abrams.
commoners

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28 August 2013 02: 46

I read the statements of some citizens and am amazed! Assad has something to answer, the amers will wash themselves with blood! When there was the same tension with Iraq, Hussein wrote that such guards would wash their mattress covers in blood, what happened? Zilch. Libya, Kadafi is a colonel, a warrior and his people are riding in oil, they will all stand up for him as one, and when the Tuaregs come from the desert, the United States and its allies will wash themselves with blood! What happened next? Zilch. And in Syria there will be Zilch. I’ll explain why I think so: in two years, Assad was unable, under the diplomatic cover of Russia and China, to deal with the semi-bandit formations; he probably hoped that he had 15 years ahead of him. What then can we say about the US resistance.
Free Island

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28 August 2013 04: 34

Quote: domokl
This is quite enough for a cold shower in the form of coffins in Europe and the USA.

Moreover, NATO and African Americans will downplay and hush up the number of these coffins hundreds of times :))))) I once saw an interview with an American pilot who served in Iraq on an analogue of our “black tulip” and so he said that he had not a single flight in a day to do to transport the corpses of “great and invincible super-warriors” from Iraq to American bases, they were transported in the hundreds, and according to official data, a couple of people died there :)))
sks1967sks

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28 August 2013 07: 23

Everything has been clear for a long time. We were all sold and leaked to the West. America. Anyone. As long as they paid. Some were paid in silver. Some in dollars. And some just tried. The only question is. that not a single Judas suffered punishment. These traitors lost their fear. For them to sell their homeland to go to the toilet. What is Syria for them? Nothing special, just a few new bank accounts offshore.
Semyon Albertovich

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28 August 2013 08: 05

The main politicians of the States, England and France, as always, are blatantly lying to the whole world - they want to remove another rebellious independent political player from the world stage, plunging the country into chaos; like Iraq, Libya.....The next one will be Iran...
Arkan

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28 August 2013 08: 07

Wait and see. Thursday is tomorrow. Will the announcement of a combat alert in the armies of Russia and China stop this gang? This option can cool down the ardor of presumptuous bandits.
Arkan

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28 August 2013 08: 10

Wait and see. Thursday is tomorrow. As an option, announcing a combat alert in the armies of Russia and China. Maybe this will cool the ardor of the aggressors.
Arkan

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28 August 2013 08: 13

Thursday is tomorrow. Wait and see.
a.hamster55

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28 August 2013 08: 18

Dear 11black and other “morons”! First train yourself not to smell blood with shit and rotting human flesh before you call to fit into WAR. In RUSSIA, by 2050, only 50% of the Slav-like population will remain! But “brothers” in faith from Tatarstan, etc., are trying to take the side of the opposition. Why do you think?
1. Damascus
  
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  28 August 2013 09: 19
  
  Be careful with faith, when I was a student, one such “activist” of the Wahhabi persuasion was thrown from a bridge into the Kazanka River.
  Everything is normal here. The devils sit quietly, neither seen nor heard.
  There is no propaganda of Wahhabism here; rather, there is active anti-propaganda.
  
  And I agree about the war. Fighting on your own is a stupid thing to do.
  For the Russian Federation, the most profitable option is the rapid failure of the NATO operation, and for this it needs to begin.
  
  Are there missiles there, are there no missiles there, I don’t know. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they appear on the 2nd or 3rd day of the operation.
2. 31231
  
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  28 August 2013 11: 03
  
  Don’t get too excited, wonderful people live in Tatarstan and Bashkiria. Half of my colleagues are from there and they don’t bother with such nonsense. And Wakhs in the Russian Federation are outcasts everywhere.
Egen

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28 August 2013 09: 03

“I was informed that the commission’s convoy was shot at by a sniper. Despite this, our team returned to Damascus and continued its work.”

Damn, they managed to hit the only oblique sniper in the whole country! :) :(