It was a natural course of action Sir. It was bound to happen. Economics and Geopolitics ensured this rapprochement, just watch how the supply lines for the rebels start drying up with the passage of time.
Indirectly maybe, but we are far too away from this. It affects Pakistan more, but fortunately Pakistan is not interested because believe it or not the Pakistani Nation as a whole is exhausted with war and is simply looking for a Peace Solution. We are exhausted, demoralized, and the last thing we need is another war. I never thought that in my life time i would see the Pakistani Government say NO to Saudi Arabia for indirect support to FSA and direct support to Saudi Ground Forces in Yemen. That's proof enough that neither the Pakistani Military or Government is looking to get sucked into this Middle Eastern clusterfu**.
No strong evidence to suggest that, but the writing is on the wall. The mere fact that Putin called Erdogan immediately is proof enough that the Russian's probably picked up some chatter.
That's natural
Playing to the audience, plenty against India too.
Elections in UP, and playing to the domestic gallery but certainly a blunder as this is the first time an Indian PM has openly acknowledged Indian interference in Balochistan. We always knew that, but it was only a hush hush.
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Regarding Aleppo, you guys are missing the writing on the wall. This is by far the biggest assembly of Syrian Rebels in one Geographical Point. The rebels have thrown in everything they had, and have placed their reserves on the front lines. That's how desperate they were. No doubt they were able to break through, but from a strategic perspective its a moot point because for the first time such a massive number of Rebels have been assembled in one Geographical Location. They are loosing men by the dozens everyday because the Regime is blasting them with Artillery and Aerial Strikes. Everyday their ranks get smaller, and they are loosing precious commanders. Most of their positions are under constant threat of Artillery, thus casualties are kicking in fast. The rebels have lost of their shock troops, and their elite fighting soldiers are either dead or severely tired.
On the other hand, the Syrian Government have already dispatched the Republican Guard, Tiger Forces, Hezbollah, Iraqi Militas and Iranian Militas. The Russians have upped the ante by placing their backfires much more closer to the targets, meaning they can deliver overwhelming firepower. In an urbanized environment like Aleppo, these backfires can drop a lot of bombs with quite some accuracy and devastate the enemy's defences. On the ground, this looks like a very impressive assembly of Forces for Assad. With the rebels encircled, with only one corridor opened, it looks to me that the Government Forces will try to close the gap and make this into a meat grinder for the Rebels. Attack them from the Air and Artillery, and completely demoralize them before moving in.
Thoughts?
