There were a bunch of systems delivered by Iran in the last few years that have been allegedly destroyed. Plus the Russian made Buk, Tor and Pantsir.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and other Related Conflicts in the Middle East (read the rules in the first post)
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Let's admit reality here. Coping time has passed.
If Iran has not escalated in the face of all the provocations from Israel and the US, it is because Iran cannot. There is no 4D chess here. If the Iranians show weakness it is because they are weak. It is superstition to expect them to have any trump card or magic.
The same thing that happened with Hezbollah.
Israel and the US will kill enemy leaders and will not lose even a single oil depot, much less casualties of important people and heads of the war, because no one has the courage to do anything against them.
What was the use of the missile stocks that Nasrallah's followers spoke so much about?
Even if there is a war with Iran, the US economy will likely continue to look good because China and even Russia will continue to buy and appreciate the dollar and thus expand US purchasing power.
Unfortunately, it's been 3 years, the US stole 300 billion from Russian reserves and has already given 20 billion of that stolen Russian money to Ukraine. And no alternative to the US system has emerged. They can do whatever they want and face no punishment, because there is still no country that dares to confront the West.
Yemen has courage, but alone it is a laughing stock for Westerners.
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Columns of Russian army and Rosgvardia units continue to converge on the Khmeimim airbase and the Tartus base in Syria. It is too early to talk about the future of Russian military bases in Syria; negotiations are currently underway with the new Syrian leadership. Earlier, the Syrian opposition gave their own security guarantees not only to Russian military bases, but also to all Russian diplomatic institutions in Syria. The second part of the video shows the operation of an airfield near the city of Qamishli, in northeastern Syria, where units of the 154th regiment of the Russian group of troops are stationed. The base is still operating, but judging by the flags, the military equipment is being prepared for movement. There are currently two key Russian bases in Syria — in Tartus and Khmeimim. Tartus is the only Russian naval base in the Mediterranean.
I agree with you about admitting reality. However, we should be careful not to impose one's distorted version of reality here. Here is what i think. First I will admit that i might not be as educated as some other members here.
Now, i have a feeling that the big celebration about Bashar Al Assad's fall is all about assuring PR for countries who witnessed the embarrassing withdrawal for USA from Afghanistan.
Syrian rebels, who led this coup, is mainly turkish backed. They are not kurds. So i expect infighting.
Russia's pulling out from Syria is their own decision rather than any external factor. If they maintain their presence, or say will return next year, who will stop them?
Iran, the point on Iran is legit. But what happens or what will happen to them is their own doing. If i were them, i would have gone nuclear.
These all make entertaining cases for study. But what's their relevance to the bigger geo strategic calculation
Israel is too small to be considered. What they do is irrelevant.
In Ukraine, entire NATO backed down from fighting Russia. USA and NATO can also resort to supporting gorilla warfare. They tacitly admit they do not have capacity to fight any peer adversary, forget fighting two of them.
Assad's fall 10 years ago could have made things more interesting, because they could create pressure on Russia, even possibly influencing Russia- China ties.
Now what happens in West Asia bears minimum weight in braoder geo political calculation. Because Iran- Israel war, Hamas, Hezbollah they all make nice headlines. But that is not the real war. The real war is Russia , China v/s USA,West.
Ukraine , Afghanistan laid bare what's left of USA, NATO . No matter how you try to sugar coat it with Assad's fall and USA's mythical win, USA only has capacity to land bomb from aircrafts on caves, they have no real capacity to fight front war. I though Ukraine and Afghanistan has shown that to everyone.
As for Israel, they only exist as long as west supports them. I am not taking them into calculation.
when fking western mainstream media today open calling and encorage for terrorist attack on china soil like this ?
Or just wait and tighten security at Xinjiang and nearby country.
These people aren't gonna start insurrection without logistics, and bringing and sustaining things in central Asia there is not really easy thing to do, at least without sponsor.
Uh Hello CIA? Who do you think helped these Uighur terrorists get to Syria in the first place.
Turkistan Islamic Party = Freedom Fighters from Afghanistan = Air América = CIA
They kept denying it and denying it, insisting that "Greater Israel" is just hearsay, there is no such agenda to expand Israeli territory and that Israel only wishes to guarantee the safety of the Jewish people. But now what do you know, Sudetenland 2.0.
It took Armenia 3 days to move out hundreds of thousands of people out Nagorno Karabakh when they lost the war and were afraid of living under Azerbaijani control for even one day. If Israel ever loses a war in any of occupied lands, setting up settler population will not allow them to make their hold stronger for even one day. Once they lose, they will leave the same day.
Sooner or later 400 million Muslims in the middle east, will have enough power and Israel's western backers will weaken enough that Israel will no longer be able to win in a war. That's when all lands Israel has captured and put settlers in will slow be given up. Israel lost this fight when Muslims converted/gave birth to 400 million people over the last 1500 years. Israel might be able to dominate temporariliy but its only that, temporary. Even the crusaders states in the Middle lasted for few centuries. But no sign of them ever being there exists.