@snoopydawg
Remember when the Turks shot down the Russian plane in 2015? Putin handled it so that Turkey ended up paying a very high economic cost but he did not burn any bridges. The Turkish Stream pipeline is on schedule.

Putin will never do anything that will be detrimental to Russia. A slap in the face from the US is not worth going to war over. This is a sign of strength, not weakness. The US goes berserk when it thinks it is being slighted. That is it's weak point. Putin understands how to turn an opponent's strength against itself.

Just look at the wins Russia has made since 2000 despite all the shit being thrown at it by the US and it's satraps. Here's a sampler:

Russia ranked world’s 2nd military power after U.S.

Thinking the Unthinkable: Russia Has Re-Emerged As a Great Power

American Global Power Is Being Challenged by Russia and China—What Does the Future Hold?

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He has done nothing after his bases have been attacked and his soldiers killed, but I'm wondering how much longer he is going to be patient.

@Not Henry Kissinger
A short history of the CIA and Pentagon post WWII.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/03/bionic-mosquito/fruits-will-know/

Matthew 7: 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.”

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Of all of the powers in the war, the world had reason to hope due to the fact that it was America in this position – far better than the Soviets, Nazis, or Japanese. The world had in mind the statements in the Atlantic Charter, as just one example, of the moral high ground that America seemingly stood upon.

The Charter stated the ideal goals of the war: no territorial aggrandizement; no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people, self-determination; restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; reduction of trade restrictions; global cooperation to secure better economic and social conditions for all; freedom from fear and want; freedom of the seas; and abandonment of the use of force, as well as disarmament of aggressor nations.

The world saw sheep’s clothing. Yet, was there something underneath? Wolf or sheep, how does one know? By their fruits.

What “fruits” were born from this tree?
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Perpetual War

Since 1945, the United States has been almost continuously at war – Wikipedia identifies 145 separate entries for the US during this time period. Some of the lowlights include: Korea (1950 – 1953); Vietnam (1955 – 1975, inclusive of all years with advisors); Bay of Pigs, Cuba (1961); Laos (1962 – 1975); Dominican Republic (1965); Iraq (1991 – present); Former Yugoslavia (1992 – 1996); Afghanistan (2001 – present); Yemen (2010 – present); Libya (2011); Syria (2014 – present).

This says nothing of other CIA- and NGO-driven activities.

Conclusion

After two great wars, it is fair to suggest that much of the industrialized world had grown tired of this method of solving disagreements; this is evidenced in the creation of regional and global bodies designed (however poorly) to maintain peace and improve trade.

Instead of utilizing the possibilities offered by this reality, the United States government has either utilized these bodies to further war or ignored these bodies if they stood in the way of war. In almost every situation, the United States government took specific steps to increase tension and confrontation.

The lack of peace that the world has seen since 1945 can be laid at the feet of the militarization of the United States.

Matthew 7:20 “Therefore by their fruits you will know them.”

Reprinted with permission from Bionic Mosquito.

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#6 Jan. 23, 2017

AMMAN: Agricultural land in Syria’s eastern Deir e-Zor province was flooded on Monday after the Islamic State (IS) opened three turbines of Syria’s largest dam the day before, raising water levels of the nearby Euphrates River to their highest level in over 20 years.

The Islamic State opened the turbines on Sunday in an apparent scare tactic to deter the Syrian Democratic Forces and US-led coalition from shelling or conducting airstrikes on IS positions close to the dam by previewing the damage it could inflict on residents living along the river if the dam burst.

Amazing how often our tactics and ISIS' overlap.

This is interesting:

In addition to flooding agricultural areas, the opening of the dam’s turbines has limited the mobility of residents in eastern Deir e-Zor province.

“The river barges, which transfer residents and vehicles between the eastern and western banks of the Euphrates, have halted,” says Abu Laila.

In the eastern Deir e-Zor countryside, 13 IS-controlled towns fall along the Euphrates River, seven on the eastern riverbank and six on the western side.

Deir e-Zor residents and merchants have relied on river barges since late September 2016, when the US-led coalition struck and destroyed two main bridges connecting the western and eastern bank of the Euphrates River, Syria Direct reported at the time.

Residents in the eastern Deir e-Zor countryside are using small rafts to transport individuals, said Abu Laila. However, commercial vessels and cross-river trade have ground to halt, he added.

Who exactly are the terrorists again?