>>10542410 The Russian government is now required by law, via formal agreement with the Church, to defend Christians anywhere who are being seriously persecuted. This is why they entered Syria. Yet this critical fact is withheld from John. Q. American.

>>10542481 Still going to be her…The Hag of Arkansas…The Face Ripper. The last ditch fight to avoid the gallows, shrieking maniacally every inch of the way, refusing to concede. Her/their hand is very weak, yet they play out the string because it's all they have.

>>10542514 The obvious fact, which lil' Rex ignores, is that a biz deal is one thing, and pay to play an entirely different matter.

>>10542559 If China thinks Putin will back them in a fight, they are nuts. What they are far likelier to get is something like they just got from the Koreans for their hyper aggressive fishing fleet. Think it was an S-300 deal he just backed out of with Beijing, while making various arms deliveries to India. In that vein, India has been invited to participate in military activities in Russia, which is new. China will be there too, but this is routine. Indian papers touting this move. IMO China is Russia's biggest threat, just as they are ours.