If this topic will be closed, just wanted to express my respect for those of you with a cool, level-headed judgment who have the patience to counter with logic and reason and FACTS the continuous vociferous babbling of the zombified russophobes or US apologists around here. Good to a have folks like you around.

Nice pictures Sergey.

Something very interesting (for me at least); I see pictures of a VMF Su-24M, as far as i knew the Gvardeyskoye unit (which i thought it’s the only VMF unit flying Su-24s?) only has legacy Su-24 and Su-24MR (not Ms), is that M belonging to this unit or another one? Not only that but i see a MiG-31 in VMF colours! So is there some serious shake up of VMF Air, are they getting back former units?

I saw Rii’s post before being removed by the mods. I’ll say i hope he is right, however at present and on topic, me i’m awaiting any day now news that the US and their cronies started attacks against the syrian government and military, following some alleged “provocation” (like SAMs shooting accidentally or not at the “liberating” US aircraft or something like that) from the syrian armed forces. They didn’t managed to start their intended war back after the alleged chemical attacks, now they have the prefect excuse to put aircraft over Syria.

It is also dejecting that these GCC puppets, who ARE by all intents and purposes responsible for arming and training these very same jihadists whom they allegedly fight against now, are participating in attacks on syrian soil. An offense to the 120,000 dead syrian civilians and soldiers, perhaps it was intended that way. If there is any real intention to fight ISIS then me thinks bombing should start from KSA or Qatar or other GCC puppets, but that’s not going to happen is it.

On strictly military terms, imo you know what Syria and Iraq needs from US in order to eliminate these jihadists? They don’t need the US’s aircraft overhead, they don’t need their troops, they don’t need even any non-lethal support, all they need is them to order their GCC cronies to stop financing and funneling the jihadists in Iraq and Syria and other places. All the syrians will need then is just the stuff they had ordered from Russia like MiGs and Yaks, a few tens of attacks helos and some UAVs, a moderate number of armoured vehicles, and spare parts for existing stocks. Once cut from their supplies and a sponsors, the ISIS will be eliminated in 3 months. Same in Iraq. But again, this will not happen is it? The syrian and iraqi peoples are facing years more of war and death, as stated by the US and aligned officials themselves.

One thing forgot in all this is the recently NATO “liberated” Libya. The situation there is as i understand it as bad as in Syria or northern Iraq, the country is partitioned by all kinds of jihadist militias (allegedly, supported from the outside), it is an incubator for jihadists, it descended into anarchy and chaos, and whatever government left is crying for help. But they are mysteriously ignored, only Algeria and Egypt are trying to do something there. I guess this is “democracy” at work. 😡

Footage from the first check-out flights for the Mi-28NEs released (after the Su-25 footage)

Similar to the WMD in Iraq ? To the danger that Assad posed for the west in Syria while he is now the only one fighting the ISIS ? How about the stability that toppling Gadafi would bring to Libya ?

This is not a personal comment, more of a generic -state of the world right now comment-

I trust noone. There are no trustworthy sources this day and age. Most are suspicious of pushing an agenda. The reader has to form their own mind using and filtering as much as possible.

Indeed. Just a reminder to a certain “population” here to what the US military and political establishment was capable of devising to suit their objectives during the early sixties (JFK and cuban crisis times), this based on their own declassified files. Do you think they are better or worse than that today? I would bet all my money on WORSE.

http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/northwoods.html

like way beyond reasonable doubt

The fact that proof beyond reasonable doubt is not made accessible to the general public and/or is not admitted by the rumoured perpetrators does not automatically means that a crime has not been committed. A criminal getting away with hiding or blaming someone else for a crime is still a criminal except he hasn’t been caught yet. Agree?

Of course, there is the issue that crime (“political” or not) has to be proven first, but in the political climate and geopolitical confrontation of today, can one except impartiality and honesty?

A sort of sad parallel can be drawn between the geopolitical confrontation in Ukraine today as seen and presented in the so called “western” world, which confrontation resulted in the MH17’s shoot down and 300 dead, and the US courts bias against african-american ethnics from a few decades ago- which more often than not went something along the lines “the black man surely did it, no way the respectable white folk would ever do something like this”. In my opinion, in this case, the “african-american” role is played by the russians and novorussians.

This has been posted by Tango III in the news thread. Is there any truth to it ?
http://en.ria.ru/business/20140908/192746713/India-Considers-Buying-126-Eurofighters-From-Germany.html

Something like China? So we can Google “Chechnya” and get nice photos of the rebuilt city, not a single image of what took place there?

You do realize Google is a US corporation right?

You like your government telling you what to think so much, please go live in China, or preferably North Korea.

Comparing Russia and China to North Korea shows how much your mind has been indeed poisoned by the american propaganda- you said yourself you live or lived there or whatever. Fortunately though, there are not many russians that have been zombified like yourself, no disrespect.

Speaking of living, you yourself also said in another place you’d prefer to be latvian or estonian or whatever (can’t remember what exactly, but you know), so how about YOU go and live there, and stop pretending to be a russian “patriot”. I would swap place with you ANY day friend, and you know why? Because Russia and the russian people, with good and bad like it always is, is still in charge of it’s own destiny, Putin didn’t sold it to the americans like most of the european governments did with us here (and like Yeltsin did), we are not in charge of our destiny anymore here, Washington is. Why don’t we have a strong leader like Putin to look after OUR interests, and not sell us to the american hegemonic interests for a few dollars and a few more years in the seat? I’m sure apart from other considerents there is a burning gealousy from various characters here towards Russia and Putin for just that.

The only thing the Kremlin wants do to is zombify its populace so they don’t get totally fed up and prosecute or hang the thieves running the country. Because that is the first thing that would happen if power was turned upside down in Russia.
And no, this does not equate to believing teh American propaganda machine.

Oh but it is i’m afraid, every ounce of it. What is your idea of “change”, having some sellout in charge that does everything Washington tells him, and preferably be a springboard for hostile action against China, isn’t this “alliance” your dream? You do realize that apparently the Washington’s master plan in regards to Russia is to split it in about 10 small and easy to control little countries, preferably in conflict with each other? Is that what you want for it? Hell if i was the russian authorities, i wouldn’t let someone with your mentality enter Russia anymore.

EDIT: Did you just suggest the Soldier’s Mothers Committees should be jailed? You Putin nut. Do you have any idea of the kind of good work they did in the 90s and 2000s? During the Chechen wars especially?
Their claims re. Ukraine are questionable, but that does not erase the things they have done for conscripts over the past 25 years.

Did they? We can clearly see they are “sponsored” by Washington, which means they (or whoever is in charge there) are just agents manipulating russian public opinion under the guise of charity, and serving their interests. Or are you perhaps wanting us to believe that suddenly Washington became very caring for russian servicemen?

If there is one thing that annoys me more than some ignorant foreigner talking **** about my country, is some ignorant foreigner praising the Kremlin.

It is actually sad that a foreigner has to stand by your own country and government in the face of foreign aggression while you as a russian are not.