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I guess these are usual reactions of a world hegemon that is so used to defy international law and customs, and interpret them as they fit to its own interests, but now is facing certain repercussions and resistance to its free rein.
They can handle disobey like they did with Saddam, Gaddafi or any democratically elected governments of Latin America etc. But, they know find out they can handle equal or superior powers like Russia and China.
Hence the long established facade of Western freedom, media independence, respect for international law and regulations is falling down.
A reactionary turns fascist when it faces resistance and blowback. That's a universal rule from the 1940s Europe to the 1960s Latin America.
This is not about peoples, I believe. This is about regimes. Peoples are often and in majority the victims of hegemonic policies. So, it is perhaps better to confine our debate to the regimes and their public figureheads, rather than peoples and their customs.
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As for Russian air strikes in Syria, they are doing an excellent job.
Russian airstrikes destroy 472 terrorist targets in Syria in 48 hours, 1,000 oil tankers in 5 days — RT News
Russia targets terrorists with no quotation marks.
US has so far been soft on ISIS (contain it rather than destroy) and extremely friendly to non-ISIS terrorists, as the WSJ article I quoted above demonstrates.
The Western media is one big mouth that tries to save the moderate terrorists from the wrath of Putin. Hence they put up maps like this:
This is not entirely incorrect. Russia targets ISIS where it is the most vulnerable and the target is valuable.
For example, Russia destroyed about 1000 oil tankers carrying ISIS oil to Turkey and other areas. US did not target them. US targeted refineries which are the properties of the Syrian government.
ISIS often repaired the minimal damage and continued operations. Hence the oil money continued to flow. This is the story of the past one-two years.
Russia intensifies attacks on the West of Euphrates. This border area are held by US-Turkey-Qatar supporter cocktail of terrorists, mostly foreign. This area is the lifeline of ISIS. Because East of Euphrates is already under Kurdish control.
Russia knows, cut the ISIS supply lines from the border areas, and then slowly slaughter them inside Syria through merciless militia of Hezbollah and other fighters.
Again, Russia targets terrorists regardless of their color.
US targets "terrorists," having classified them according to their moderation, that is, the length of their beard, deng deng.
The above map, thus, reflects the thinking of the US regime and its allies. The US media mouthpieces parrot the state line.
US is a truly disgusting country that has been supporting terrorists for geopolitical gains.
American regime are scum.