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Rod Martin here, coming to you live from beautiful Destin, Florida, about the disaster Russia has just incurred in Syria. Syria has been an essential part of Russian strategy for decades, going far back into the 1950s, and some of you may even remember Pat Frank's famous post-apocalyptic novel, Alas, Babylon,
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that nuclear war starts just off the coast of Syria. So that was 1959. This has been going on for a very, very long time. Russia is highly dependent on its bases at Tardis and Latakia to be able to supply its fleet in the Mediterranean, but also its adventures in Africa.
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People in the United States have probably not been paying as close attention to the African situation as people in France have, because in point of fact, the Russian Wagner Group, which is the mercenary army that has been so involved in the Ukraine war and that nearly carried out a coup d'etat a year ago,

Rod on Russia's Syrian Debacle

More than half a century of Russia's foreign policy initiatives, and all of Russia's ability to project power beyond its borders, just evaporated. Rod explains why.

by Rod D. Martin
December 19, 2024

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