What do we do about the Russians building an air base in Syria?

2015-09-11T01:42:33-04:00

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-10/russia-s-syrian-air-base-has-u-s-scrambling-for-a-plan

Russia's Syrian Air BaseHas U.S. Scrambling for a Plan

Giving Putin a free hand would acknowledge failure of anti-Assad effort.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 11 at 2015 1:58 AM

2015-09-11T01:58:39-04:00

Shake our fingers at them..............like we've always done

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Sep 11 at 2015 4:16 AM

2015-09-11T04:16:13-04:00

Good Recruiting Tool for Navy CTI's RULINGS (Russian Linguists). Some of my best friends were RULINGS but towards the end of my Career worked more with PERLINGS (Persian Linguists) ARLINGS (Arabic Linguists) and FARLINGS (Farsi Linguists).

Response by SGT Jerrold Pesz made Sep 11 at 2015 5:49 AM

2015-09-11T05:49:11-04:00

Nothing. Exactly why do we have more right to be there than they do? We are the ones who are trying to overthrow the government.

Response by SGT Ben Keen made Sep 11 at 2015 8:40 AM

2015-09-11T08:40:42-04:00

SSgt Alex Robinson - Please remember to provide more information when posting here to RallyPoint. Share what you think of the articles, how they make you feel and why you feel it is important for the RallyPoint community to know or be exposed to the information you are able to share. This will help in getting the discussion and provide everyone a much better understanding of the subject materiel.

Response by SrA Matthew Knight made Sep 11 at 2015 8:46 AM

2015-09-11T08:46:14-04:00

In my opinion who cares. We as a country have bases in so many other countries I probably couldn't name half of them. If they want to build a base in a war torn country to aid in a losing and pointless fight then let them. Heck who knows, maybe the Russian's lack of caring for following rules will scare ISIS a bit there. They may actually inadvertently do some good.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 11 at 2015 10:32 PM

2015-09-11T22:32:00-04:00

In a conflict with very few "good guys," I think we should have quietly encouraged the Russians to support Assad from the beginning. It would have promoted stability, and helped keep a damper on ISIS.