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An S-400 air defence missile system is deployed for a combat duty at the Hmeymim airbase to provide security of the Russian air group's flights in Syria.
An S-400 air defence missile system is deployed for a combat duty at the Hmeymim airbase to provide security of the Russian air group's flights in Syria.
A spokesperson of the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) told Sputnik on Friday that the absence of anti-IS coalition airstrikes "has nothing to do with the S400 deployment" in Syria.
Comment: Of course the US doesn't want to admit the S-400 system is a deterrent.
"The fluctuation or absence of strikes in Syria reflects the ebb and flow of battle," the spokesperson said, adding that CJTF-OIR deliver airstrikes when and where it needs to, dedicating a lot of time to researching targets to ensure maximum effect and minimizing civilian casualties.
Comment: Rather than ask the most important question of 'who benefits' from the downing of the Russian Su-24, Western officials and media seem very eager to scapegoat Turkey. 'They're arming ISIS' - 'they need to be kicked out of NATO' - 'Erdogan's a dictator' - etc. How easily they forget that their countries are responsible for the Syrian conflict which Russia is trying to clean up, and that Putin has revealed that Russia knows 40 different countries that have been financing ISIS. That means that there are 39 more corrupt, head-chopper-funding networks to deal with. And that includes the one that benefits most from the death of a Russian pilot, the destabilization of Turkey and the region, and who knew the Russian pilot's flight plan - the U.S.
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