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[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Russian air power in Iraq? LOL.

Putin has been bombing since September 2015. I guess Russians finally started making headway just as Trump lifted all of Obama's restrictions and turned the US military loose then.

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[–] Jimmycog ago 

You mean the USA invaded Syria Helping ISIS supporting Israel until Putin put a stop to that.

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[–] siberyak ago 

Its hard to imagine isis even existing or atleast grabbing hold of so much territory if the us hadnt removed saddam and left a power vaccuum

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[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

ISIS becoming what it did was made possible by the Syrian civil war. Radicals can charge to the forefront in a shooting war. As an aside that is where white nationalists have their best chance to be a player here. This was facilitated by Russia and Iran propping up Assad in the early stages when more moderate alternatives were still possible.