Syria: Putin's answer to US aircraft at Incirlik?

(To Andrea Cucco)
17/08/15

Friends see each other in time of need. In Syria, the friendship of Russia that has supported the government against barbarism for four years does not stop.

Six Mig-31, all-time supersonic interceptor fighters will be brave deployed by the Damascus Air Force under a contract signed in the 2007.

The news was given yesterday by the Turkish online newspaper Bgn News.

The plane in question is a particular fighter: conceived in the Soviet era it has performances (3.000 km / h at altitude) that would allow it to engage any aircraft, including cruise missiles.

The performance of the radar with four aircrafts in flight in AWACS function, thanks to the fast data transmission, would also make it possible to cover a front of kilometers 900.

Under the agreement signed, the six should soon add two more.

Let's face it, thebearing area in which the Syrian air force should also be engaged in defense of the "good" rebels was not a big deal: a few hours after the arrival of the US fighters at the base of Incirlik, the hosts suspended the attacks against ISIS and Russia has delivered aircraft that will amplify the dominion of the Syrian landlords. Evidently the specter of the effective S-300 ground air systems was not sufficient.

All to defend a bankruptcy investment, the "moderate" Syrian rebels, those who in the midst of two giants like the Syrian government and the Islamic State decide (decide) to fight against both.

There is a war going on not far from us, a massacre that already has over a quarter of a million innocents.

I always remember the words of the Afghan ambassador Maroofi that I interviewed in the 2011 in response to my thoughts on the victims of the conflict in his country.

"War is the most barbarous of human behavior, it involves brutality, the breaking of rules, invasion of property, of houses. Unfortunately it has been inherent in man since his beginnings on the planet, since cavemen fought for a fish, a woman, a shelter, this has lasted until today, nothing can be done about it.

The best thing to do, if you start a conflict, is to win it to stop it".

The conflict in Syria has been ongoing for four years.

Do any of the parties (apart from ISIS) - with their lenders and allies - want to decide to win?