| Tango01 | 17 Nov 2018 10:29 p.m. PST |
"Earlier this month, the Russian government hosted a much-awaited peace conference on Afghanistan, which was attended by representatives from the Taliban. After the event, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was photographed posing next to members of the Taliban leadership, who, paradoxically, are still on Russia's terror list. For keen observers of Russian foreign policy, it was clear that the conference was not more than a photo-op meant to publicly declare the Kremlin's ambition to re-assert itself in the southern part of Central Asia and Afghanistan in particular…."
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Oberlindes Sol LIC  | 17 Nov 2018 11:38 p.m. PST |
Duh: They're playing The Great Game, just as they have for hundreds of years. |
| Thresher01 | 18 Nov 2018 3:30 a.m. PST |
Let them. Look how well the Afghanistan debacle turned out for them last time. The Soviet Union's/Russia's Vietnam………… |
| Jcfrog | 18 Nov 2018 4:02 a.m. PST |
They have this mess right to their borders, nd all the "Stzns" around. No wonder they would be more directly interested in it than say, Finland? |
| Mr Jones | 18 Nov 2018 4:46 a.m. PST |
It's not exactly turned out great for the US/UK this past 17 years has it? |
| Pan Marek | 18 Nov 2018 9:17 a.m. PST |
Force on Force.
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| darthfozzywig | 18 Nov 2018 10:54 a.m. PST |
lol Pan Marek. And yes, they're welcome to it. |
| Thresher01 | 18 Nov 2018 2:57 p.m. PST |
Well, when you see how your erstwhile "allies" treat you after helping to get their enemies thrown out of the country, I suspect a repeat of that may occur for the Russians too, in short order Chechnya II, anyone? Yep, Force on Force, or the other one, that's got guerrillas fighting the major forces, should work. |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 18 Nov 2018 2:59 p.m. PST |
Look how well the Afghanistan debacle turned out for them last time. Current Russian behavior in the ME reflects the bitter lessons learned from Afghanistan. They no longer send large numbers of troops to be bled slowly like we've been doing since 9/11. Instead, they back proxies like the Taliban in Afghanistan and Assad in Syria, which is low cost/low risk but high reward. If they lose a few PMC's it's not a big hit politically speaking. |
 miniMo | 18 Nov 2018 9:53 p.m. PST |
I hope they're playing Nuclear War, that's a great little game! |
| Cyrus the Great | 19 Nov 2018 12:53 p.m. PST |
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decides on hills for his Team Yankee project.
