Originally Posted by
Vitek
Totally disagree here.
As for Syria, this operation actually shows in my opinion a major success. In 4 years the bad guys (except for sleeper cells) have been eliminated in Syria. This is something the US hasn't managed to do in Iraq and Afghanistan using greater numbers, much more financing and much heavier involvement.
Hmm, dunno. That success was rather due to the Syrian Army plus no RoE by the Russian militias. Obviously by killing everyone who looks remotely like an enemy you can 'win' a war where the allied regular Syrian Troops were much better equipped already than the opposition. IS has been mostly eliminated by the US and the Kurds. The Russian Forces rather manged to decimate the other Syrian opposition forces. I wouldn't really consider this as a shining example.
Hmmm, OK, maybe Syria is a good outlook when it comes to the question what Ukranian Hospitals will be facing.