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Adam Garrie
The
One Day War: US, UK, France Launch Criminal Attack on Syria and Syria
Wins
America's big smart modern weapons...WERE SHOT DOWN BY SYRIA'S SOVIET HARDWARE, SOME OF WHICH IS SO OLD THAT MACRON WAS A CHILD WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INVENTED! BRAVO SYRIA!!!!!
Adam
Garrie
14
April, 2018
The
facts
As
was widely suspected, the US, UK and France launched an illegal war
of aggression against Syria in the early hours of 14 April. The
aggressors targeted two Syrian airbases and a civilian educational
structure in Barzeh, while some reports form the ground say
other targets including in Hama were
engage by the aggressors.
However,
in spite of the criminal acts from the US, UK and France, of the 103
cruise missiles launched by the aggressors, 71 were successfully
intercepted by Syria’s missile defence systems. This fact was
verified by the Russian Defense Ministry, whose forces did not
participate in the conflict.
What’s
more is that while Donald Trump bragged of his “new and smart”
missiles, these missiles were in their majority, successfully
intercepted by the forces of the Syrian Arab Army who were relying on
often 30
year old Soviet hardware including
the S-125 and S-200 systems as well as some Buk and Kvadrat
units, as well as a few recent systems including the Pantsir-S1
combined short-to-medium range surface to air missile.
Because
of the successful intercepting of the missiles, the overall material
damage done by the attack is thought to be minimal. As a result of
the attack, Russia has suggested offering further upgrades to Syria’s
defensive weapons. According to
the Russian General Staff,
“A few years ago, we refused to supply S-300 air defence systems to Syria due to the request of some of our Western partners. Taking into account what happened, we consider it possible to return to this issue. And not only with regard to Syria, but with regard to other states”
Who
won and who lost?
While
the war was short and according to the US itself was a one time
attack, an act of military aggression against a sovereign state that
posed no threat to the attacking state, is necessarily defined as a
war. In this ‘One Day War’ Syria clearly won as the majority of
the missiles fired by the US, UK and France were shot down while
those that landed did little damage.
For
the US, this reality will be particularly embarrassing as modern
western weapons, almost all of which were US made or designed have
been in their majority shot down by a war torn, terrorist torn Arab
Republic using Soviet weapons, some of which were originally produced
before French President Emmanuel Macron was born. Clearly the
US and its even more enthusiastic imperial partners of old Europe
will have been severely embarrassed by this.
So
while Syria is the clear winner and the US, UK and France the clear
losers, what about the other parties to the conflict ?
Compiled the footage which captured #Syrian air defence system successfully shooting down US missiles. #Syria #Syriastrikes
–Turkey
Of
the non-combatants to Syria’s ‘One Day War’, Turkey came out in
the best shape. Hours before the attack, President Erdogan insisted
that he maintained contacts with Washington and Moscow in hopes of
attempting to de-escalate the situation. Meanwhile, it has been
confirmed that Turkey which made its opposition to missile strikes
from the US, Europe or Russia widely known, apparently did not allow
the aggressors to use its NATO air base at Incirlik although
the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, said the issue was discussed.
This is an obvious euphemism for Turkey putting its foot down and
holding on to its neutrality throughout the escalation of tensions.
While in the aftermath Turkey said that the strikes were ultimately
justified in sending a “message” to Damascus, one cannot
underplay Turkey’s role in helping to retard the volatility in the
conflict which led to the illegal strikes and nor can one ignore the
fact that Turkey has every intention to stabilise the situation in
line not with western wishers but with Turkey’s unique position in
the Astana group for peace which also includes Iran and Russia.
–Russia
While
Russia can be accused of humiliating itself by failing to act in such
a way that would have deterred western aggression against a partner
and while Russia can be equally accused of sitting back rather than
aiding Syria’s defences against the missile strike, Russia cannot
be accused of being dishonest. In fact, Russia did exactly what it
said it would do which is precisely nothing, unless Russian
human or material assets were targets in the strike. Because no
Russians came under threat, Russia sat by and did nothing, just as
they promised to do.
–Iran
Iran
has promised retaliation, both against an earlier “Israeli”
strike and in a broader sense against the US, UK and France strikes,
but has not given a time or place for when this will occur. Because
Iran has multiple military assets in Syria and the wider region, Iran
may soon become the worst nightmare for any power seeking to
aggressively attack or occupy an Iranian partner.
–“Israel”
While
the “Israeli” regime has been attempting to destroy the Syrian
Arab Republic for decades, in this case, Tel Aviv dodged a bullet as
it was not in “Israel’s” interest to unleash a conflict that
had the potential to spiral out of control. If a wider conflict did
emerge, many anti-“Israel” forces, including the Lebanese
Resistance Movement Hezbollah may have abandoned their restrained
posture and launched a full scale attack on the regime. Thus, the
limited nature of the strike has shielded “Israel” from a
conflict that it is ill-prepared to fight, while Syria’s successful
defence against the aggression has sent a powerful message to
“Israel”, a nation known for conducting its own illegal strikes
against Syria and others.
–The
Soviet Union
While
the Soviet Union is no longer a state, all of the weapons used by
Syria in self-defence against the imperialist onslaught were Soviet
made. In spite of their age, they all did their job and did it well.
The
political fallout
Because
of the short nature of the war, the political fallout will certainly
linger for far longer than the actual battle lasted. Russian
President Vladimir Putin has already issued a statement condemning
the strikes as de-facto illegal, by highlighting the fact that they
were done without approval from the UN Security Council. Putin has
also condemned the fact that the strikes which took place to avenge
an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, where conducted on the
eve of Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
inspectors arriving in Syria to conduct an independent investigation
into the alleged events in Douma.
The
Russian President has subsequently called
for an
emergency UN Security Council meeting where it is expected the
Russian Ambassador will stridently condemn the US, UK and France for
their aggression against the Syrian Arab Republic. Furthermore,
however bad US-Iran relations have been, now they are automatically
worse and likely will be for some time. Iranian leader Seyyed Ali
Khamenei has called the attack a “crime” and beyond that, he
accused the imperialist powers of acting in support of dangerous
Takfiri terrorists. In respect of Turkey, the fact that
President Erdogan’s calls for restraint were answered in the
affirmative by Russia but not by the US, will only push Turkey
further towards its already healthy Russian partnership.
Conclusion
Syria
can rightly claim a victory on the level of David slaying Goliath.
The US, UK and France will need to face the fact that their latest
weapons are susceptible to being intercepted by decades old Soviet
technology and that therefore the western powers are not as
invincible as they believe themselves to be. In terms of the wider
political situation, relations between the US and Russia and also
between the US and Iran will only continue to deteriorate, while
Turkey can claim a position of neutrality that was respected by
Russia, but was not fully appreciated by the west.
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