Western media is worse of sh*t. When it comes to alleged stories about Russia, they are screaming and shouting, when it comes to Russia's achievements, they remain silent. It strange, some people still believe it.
"Independent":
The biggest military defeat that Isis has suffered in more than two years. The recapture of Palmyra. And we are silent. Yes, folks, the bad guys won, didn't they? Otherwise, we would all be celebrating, wouldn't we?
Less than a week after the lost souls of the 'Islamic Caliphate' destroyed the lives of more than 30 innocent human beings in Brussels, we should - should we not? -
have been clapping our hands at the most crushing military reverse in the history of Isis. But no.
Here are the Syrian army, backed, of course, by Vladimir Putin's Russkies, chucking the clowns of Isis out of town, and
we daren't utter a single word to say well done.
“If the Americans wanted to destroy Isis, why didn't they bomb them when they saw them?” a Syrian army general asked me, after his soldiers' defeat His son had been killed defending Homs. His men had been captured and head-chopped in the Roman ruins. And we were silent then.
Putin noticed this, and talked about it, and accurately predicted the retaking of Palmyra. His aircraft attacked Isis - as US planes did not - in advance of the Syrian army's conquest. I could not help but smile when I read that the US command claimed two air strikes against Isis around Palmyra in the days leading up to its recapture by the regime.
That really did tell you all you needed to know about the American "war on terror". They wanted to destroy Isis, but not that much.
So in the end, it was the Syrian army and its Hizballah chums from Lebanon and the Iranians and the Russians who drove the Isis murderers out of Palmyra. I have written many times that the Syrian army will decide the future of Syria.
Aren't we supposed to be destroying Isis? Forget it. That's Putin's job. And Assad's. Pray for peace, folks.
Robert Fisk: Why is David Cameron silent on the recapture of Palmyra?
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A RUSSIAN special forces commando on a Rambo-style solo mission in Syria died a "hero" after calling in an air strike on himself to wipe out a group of ISIS terrorists.
The fearless soldier was surrounded by jihadis while on a secret deployment directing aerial bombardment on targets near the ancient city of Palmrya.
Facing certain death he radioed Russian jets ordering them to attack his own position and died in the blast along with a number of ISIS fanatics.
His heroics came as an elite team of Russian "advisors" helped the Syrian army drive ISIS out of Palmyra.
A spokesmann for the Russian military confirmed: "An officer of Russian special operations forces was killed near Palmyra while carrying out a special task to direct Russian air strikes at Islamic State group targets.
"The officer died as a hero: he drew fire onto himself after being located and surrounded by terrorists."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/7028203/Russian-Rambo-called-air-strike-
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