Report: Russia Deploys Advanced Anti-Missile System to Syria

The joys of saber rattling the Russian Bear are finally bearing fruit. Whilst our diplomats and professional corporate owned politicians drink themselves to sleep tonight, Russia is moving in SA-23 Gladiator anti-missile, anti-aircraft systems into Syria — according to Fox News.

Russia has deployed an advanced anti-missile system to Syria for the first time, three US officials tell Fox News, the latest indication that Moscow continues to ramp up its military operations in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad.

While Moscow’s motives are not certain, officials say the new weapon system could potentially counter any American cruise missile attack in Syria.

Components of the SA-23 Gladiator anti-missile and anti-aircraft system, which has a range of roughly 150 miles, arrived over the weekend “on the docks” of a Russian naval base along Syria’s Mediterranean coastal city of Tartus, two US officials said.

It is the first time Russia has deployed the SA-23 system outside its borders, according to one Western official citing a recent intelligence assessment. The missiles and associated components are still in their crates and are not yet operational, according to the officials.

The U.S. intelligence community has been observing the shipment of the SA-23 inside Russia in recent weeks, according to one official.

When asked about the purpose of the Russian defense shield being installed in Syria, one anonymous fuckhead of a US official said “Nusra doesn’t have an air force do they?”

Let’s reiterate, for posterities sake, what exactly is going on in Syria. Russia is backing its long term ally, Assad. While being a dictator and hard man, Assad was a secular leader who didn’t have an ax to grind with those unwilling to follow the insane edicts of Islam. We are literally backing ISIS in Syria. At first, there was some ambiguity to it. No one quite understood why we weren’t bombing their oil tankers and American humvees into the dirt — until Russia entered the arena and started to do it for us. Since then, our relations with Russia have soured and it’s now revealed that the so called ‘rebels’ we back in Syria are merging with Al-Nusra — which is Al Qaeda aka ISIS. It gets real confusing, as America plays 3 card monte with the world, moving around these terrorist groups like seashells.

What’s important to know is that we seem willing to risk hundreds of millions of American lives in order to support a terrorist linked rebel group in Syria.

Explain that.

Krauthammer’s take.