Do Not Underestimate the Consequences of the Syrian Debacle

It's astounding that Russian intelligence didn't see either Kursk, or the far more catastrophic attack in Syria coming. Putin trusted Merkel, he got burned. Then he trusted Erdogan, who already burned him twice. Shot down a Russian plane and sent Azov criminals back to Ukraine. And Putin thought Erdogan didn't plan to use Idlib to regroup and re attack.

Now Hezbollah will be seriously weakened, Israel will cut off Lebanon, and then finish the genocide in Palestine, since its allies will be gone. How will Iran support Palestine when it won't be able to support Hezbollah or Lebanon?

Plus, you will have a hostile to Russia government in Syria, which weakens Russia in the Mediterranean. What is to become of Russia’s bases in Syria? How about putting Nato bases in, instead? Plus, the vicious snake Erdogan is emboldened and will create more and more trouble for Russia in the Black Sea.

And Jihadists will be closer to Russia's southern areas to restart trouble there. So while Russia may get Ukraine under control at least for now, its southern flank is at serious risk.

This is a serious disaster with multiple dominoes shaky to say the least.

We should not minimize the implications of this lost battle.