Russia moves to a war-footing: Putin signs decree drafting 150,000 conscripts into the military... as his jets launch new wave of air strikes in Syria

[mystery-ak]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3255876/Russia-pouring-gasoline-fire-Syria-s-civil-war-says-America-Putin-defies-West-drops-bombs-non-ISIS-forces-fighting-Assad.html

Russia moves to a war-footing: Putin signs decree drafting 150,000 conscripts into the military... as his jets launch new wave of air strikes in Syria

    Russia launches second day of bombing runs on rebel groups in Syria
    Putin's Chechen ally calls on Moscow to deploy Muslim troops against ISIS
    Kremlin accused of targeting moderate rebels backed by U.S and not ISIS
    Moscow foreign minister Lavrov rejected the 'rumours' as 'unfounded'
    Hundreds of Iranian and Hezbollah troops 'set to launch ground offensive' 

By Will Stewart and Simon Tomlinson for MailOnline

Published: 02:23 EST, 1 October 2015 | Updated: 11:01 EST, 1 October 2015

Vladimir Putin has signed a decree drafting nearly 150,000 conscripts into the Russian military as Moscow's warplanes unleashed a new wave of airstrikes in Syria.

The timing of the move – on the very day Russia entered the conflict yesterday – will likely raise suspicions the Russian President is planning a wider offensive to prop up his Syrian counterpart.

It also comes after one of Putin's staunchest allies called on him to send in Muslim ground troops to defeat the Islamic State and other Islamist extremist groups in the war-torn country

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[Godzilla]

Putin cannot easily move 150,000 troops into Syria.

The only way he could do so is my land or sea.  He doesn't have the large numbers of troop transports for a sea route.

So, he'd have to go overland.

And unless Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Iraq all grant the Russian military permission to transit their counties... I can't see any way for him to get large quantities of troops into such a fight.

[EC]

Oh, they're not for Syria. Timing is wrong. Induct them today and they are still totally useless for 6 months, until they are trained. Look on them more as a domestic peace keeping insurance policy.

Putin can move, with relative ease, about 30,000 troops into Syria at fairly short notice, using a combination of existing marine transports, commercially leased vessels and air transport. That leaves some shortfall in domestic troops, but they are heading into winter and no bugger riots or protests in Russia in winter! By the time spring arrives and the population starts getting restless again, the conscripts will be trained and available.

[Godzilla]

I wonder if they are for the Ukraine?

[Oceander]

I wonder if they are for the Ukraine?

Good point.

[Godzilla]

Good point.

They'd be ready for spring.

[mountaineer]

Allen West wrote on Oct. 1:

Remember back three years ago, almost to the day, during the final 2012 presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida when moderator Bob Schieffer asked the question about the greatest geopolitical threat. Gov. Mitt Romney replied it was Russia and carefully explained why. Barack Obama in true Saul Alinsky fashion ridiculed Romney by stating, “Governor, the 80s are calling they want their foreign policy back.” Romney was further assaulted and ridiculed by the liberal progressive media the following day.

Well, now that Vladimir Putin has taken over the Crimea, attacked a sovereign state (Ukraine), and is reestablishing its military presence in the Arctic — who should be ridiculed? Actually, who now looks completely incompetent and weak?

To think a Russian three-star general delivered a message to the U.S. Ambassador in Baghdad Iraq — yep, a senior Russian general is in Iraq — to cease flight operations in Syria. One hour later the Russians began bombing in Syria — but not ISIS positions. They bombed the city of Homs where Syrian rebels fighting against Bashar Assad are based. And here was the response from the Obama administration. White House spokesperson Josh “Not So” Earnest said the Russians were operating from a position of weakness.

Dude, when a general tells our ambassador to “bug off,” that’s not what I call a weak statement…and how did that Russian general get to Baghdad in he first place? U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter held a press conference and spent more time talking about the defense budget and women in combat units. Now what message does that send to Vladimir Putin when our own SecDef does everything to evade the issue? ...

I want you all to consider what “deconflict” military operations means. What we are talking about is control of airspace, and perhaps in the future ground battlespace. Right now all over Syria, you have Russian, American, Turkish, and on occasion, Israeli aircraft flying. Who are the entities responsible for coordinating the airspace control measures – the routes and altitude — as well as areas of operation and strike zones? As a former artilleryman and fire support officer, coordinating air and ground battlespace is not a joke.

Having to do it between four different nations is inviting something very bad to happen — which the Russian Foreign Minister termed “unintended incidents.” Russian President Putin ran the ruse of a coalition to defeat ISIS but his true intent is to support Bashar Assad. And this is where Putin differs so very much from Obama. He knows he can utilize “boots on the ground” comprised of Syrian Army, Hezbollah, and Iranian Quds Force formations.

Of course the liberal progressive left will drink the kool-aid of the “Obama has Putin right where he wants him” mentality. But here is Putin’s power play: he has allied with the Iranians who will now become a regional economic, military, and soon nuclear power in the Middle East. Russia has decided it will side with the Shiite hegemony which will force the Sunni hand – they’re not just going to sit back and watch this Greek tragedy unfold.  ...

Read the entire piece at AllenBWest.com