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2016-04-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2016-04-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Iran has had some high level officers killed on or near the front lines the past few months. Probably, the high command back in tehran got a lot of info on the deficiencies of the Syrian, Hezbollah, shia militia team.

so maybe the decision was to that the Syrians need more commando leadership

this is a bit similar to situations the US faced in Afghanistan and Iraq -- however, as the US has found out, not only is it hard to train the locals but also this training can come undone fairly swiftly if it is undercut by corrupt leadership

Posted by lord garth 2016-04-05 10:12|| 2016-04-05 10:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Hello, Spanish civil war.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-04-05 10:20|| 2016-04-05 10:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Interesting. The 65th is regular Iranian Army, not IRGC. Apparently the IRGC is having issues with 'volunteers'.

Posted by Pappy 2016-04-05 12:36|| 2016-04-05 12:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Why do I have the feeling that I'm looking on at the "outside" world circa 1914?

Posted by AlanC 2016-04-05 17:55|| 2016-04-05 17:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Iff OWG Co-Superpower Iran expects to have any "post-US" sphere(s) of influence, let alone lead any ME/Muslim-specific OWG Global Fed Union(s), IT HAS TO BE ABLE TO SEIZE-N-HOLD TERRITORY = SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND ITS INTERESTS AGZ ALL COMMERS LEST ITS LEADERSHIP BE CHALLENGED.

[CHINA-VS-JAPAN, ARGENTINA-VS-BRAZIL here].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-04-05 22:33|| 2016-04-05 22:33|| Front Page Top

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