It is quite amazing to see how western leaders and experts project their own mindset unto others and then end up terrifying themselves in the process. It’s quite pathetic, really.The Vineyard of the Saker
Week Eleven of the Russian Intervention in Syria: a step back from the brink?
The Saker
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/12/21/liby-d21.html
ReplyDeleteOne step back, two steps forward?
Truman group thru Suez.... no changes there seems headed to Gulf...
ReplyDeletehttp://news.usni.org/2015/12/16/truman-carrier-strike-group-enters-u-s-5th-fleet-to-begin-anti-isis-operations
Looks like the rate of doom raining down on ISIS increases soon: "The region had gone without any naval air power for a stretch of time, after the Theodore Roosevelt CSG and the Essex Amphibious Ready Group departed the region in mid-October. The Kearsarge ARG entered 5th Fleet on Nov. 1 and began air strikes with Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers about two weeks later, after a one-month gap in naval air power operations.
With USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) and its strike group – which includes guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG-68) and guided-missile destroyers USS Gravely (DDG-107), USS Bulkeley (DDG-84), USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) and USS Ramage (DDG-61) – entering the region on Dec. 14 after a month in U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, American forces can increase the pace of air strikes.
“Certainly we’ve said we plan, particularly with regards to Syria, to thicken the air campaign and you’ve seen that,” Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said at a press briefing on Wednesday, according to The Hill."