Afghanistan and Russo-Japanese wars. I'd say they started and lost both of them.
Kurt On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 2:16 AM, Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/25/15, Razer <[email protected]> wrote: > ... >>This article is copiously linked at Moon of Alabama >>http://www.moonofalabama.org/2015/11/the-context-of-yesterdays-turkish-attack-against-the-russian-jet.html > > [numerous foreign airspace violations by Turkey elided] > > Out of interest, is there a word for "hypocrite" in the Turk's native > language? > > >> The attack on the Russian plane was preconceived on November 22 when a >> security summit was held with the Turkish government under Prime >> Minister Davutoğlu and the Turkish Armed Forces. Davutoğlu personally >> gave the order to shoot down Russian planes. This, Turkey says, was >> necessary to stop Russian bombing of "Turkmen" in north Syria's Latakia >> near the Turkish border. > > Well that plan didn't quite come together - with Russia's navy now on > a hair trigger "shoot to kill any air based threat" order (and Russia > closing their military comm lines with Turkey), Turkey had no option > but to ground their F-16 fleet. > > There's a saying widely used in Russia - Russia never starts a war, > but she always ends them. > > The terrorists, whether you call them moderate or otherwise, have > spread from the middle east (including Syria) to France, Russia and > other countries. Russia will end this war in Syria, with or without > support from "the West" - in defence of the sovereignty of Syria (the > overthrow of which by Western powers as we now know was planned and > attempted since decades ago), in defence of the Christians and other > minorities of Syria, and in defence of Russia's interests such as the > defence of a long time ally, as dignity and pride demands. > > France's Napoleon, the Ottoman Empire, WWII Germany and more - when > you begin war against Russia, you sign your own "going to lose" > warrant. So Rule #1 of war is, make agreement with Russia prior to > starting war, no matter who else you are going to war with. > > Rule #2 of war - refer to Rule #1. > > Quite simple really. > > Regards, > Zenaan >
