Unlike Obama, the Russians know how to fight a war.
Massive Russian blanket air bombardment is flattening Raqqa
Russia has launched a merciless blanket air campaign, backed by Kalibr cruise missiles fired from the Caspian and Mediterranean Seas, for the object of wiping the Islamic State's Syrian center of Raqqa off the map, DEBKAfile's military sources report.
Western and Middle East sources tracking the campaign since Friday, Nov. 20, report that at least 75 air sorties have been conducted and are systematically razing the town of 200,000 inhabitants 160km east of Aleppo, district by district, irrespective of civilian town dwellers.
Moscow wants the entire Middle East and Muslim world to see the price exacted for launching a terrorist attack on Russia after the downing of the Metrojet airliner that killed 224 people over Egyptian Sinai on Oct. 31.
Well Russia has sat on its hands for 5 years,ISIS made a big mistake with the bomb in the Russian plane......I agree with you Bripat!!!!!!!!........Russia has done the right thing,albeit only because they were attacked by ISIS..steven
sheeesh those ruskies are TOUCHY----one little plane with a few ruskies on board. What happened to that -----"balanced response" that gets pulled out
ruskie undershorts every time Israel responds to bombs?
It's not a question of TOUCHY........southern and eastern Russia is surrounded by Islamic States and Countries,hence the response.........Russia does not want ISIS mentality infecting its borders.......the downing of the Russian Airliner and resultant deaths....cannot be compared to Israel's behaviour towards the Palestinians........you need to settle down Rosie and get up to speed to the realities of each situation,otherwise if you find these various piquant situations difficult,you end up being a bit of a bore.theliq